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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fix"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repair something that is broken
Transitive: to fix a damaged object
to fix definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She always fixes the leaking faucet in the kitchen.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āϞ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cook or prepare a meal
Transitive: to fix a meal
to fix definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She fixed a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞāĻĄ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāσāϰāĻžāĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of hair, makeup, or outfit) to rearrange in order to look nice and tidy
Transitive: to fix one's appearance
to fix definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the windy walk, she had to fix her disheveled hair in front of a mirror.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϝāĻŧāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϞ⧋āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧋ āϚ⧁āϞ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to cause to be firmly fastened or secured
Transitive: to fix sth | to fix sth to sth
to fix definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Make sure to fix the picture frame securely to the nail.
āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to establish or determine definitely
Transitive: to fix a plan or decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee will meet tomorrow to fix the budget for the upcoming project.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āϚ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take revenge or get even with someone
Transitive: to fix an offender
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She planned to fix her ex-partner for cheating on her by exposing their secrets.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to employ chemical solutions or agents to halt biological activity, preserve, and solidify tissue
Transitive: to fix biological matter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The researcher carefully fixed the brain tissue to analyze its cellular composition.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ• āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāϰ āϏ⧇āϞ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āύāĻĒ⧁āĻ‚āϏāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make infertile or render incapable of reproduction
Transitive: to fix an animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog owner decided to fix their male dog to control breeding and population.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to prepare or arrange something to ensure it is ready and suitable for a specific event or purpose
Transitive: to fix sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef fixed the kitchen with all the necessary ingredients and utensils for the cooking class.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻš āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‡āϰāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to manipulate or influence a situation to ensure a desired result, often through dishonest or unlawful actions
Transitive: to fix a result
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician was caught trying to fix the election by manipulating voter registrations.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϕ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āύāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϚ

an easy or temporary way to solve a problem or correct an error
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

a serious problem or difficult situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She realized she was in a fix after missing the deadline for the project.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ

informal terms for a difficult situation
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āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ

the act of putting something in working order again
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āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ, āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž

an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

fixate
fixative
fixed
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