Fix Meaning
/ˈfɪks/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
verbTo pierce; now generally replaced by transfix., (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
Sentence Examples
He will wriggle out of the fix.
I fix broken radios.
Luckily there is an easy fix.
CEFR Practice Quiz
My bicycle chain broke, so I asked the mechanic to ____ it quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to ____ the leaky faucet in the kitchen before it causes any water damage.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye."
— 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 111:
"We've come a long, long way boys! Now it's time for America to show its teeth. Fix bayonets!"
— 2016, DICE, Battlefield 1 (Historical Fiction), Stockholm: Electronic Arts, PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, scene: American Ballroom Blitz Pre-Battle Speech (Operations), set in 1918 during World War I:
"She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces."
— 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:
"I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back."
— 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:
"it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual"
— 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My bicycle chain broke, so I asked the mechanic to ____ it quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to ____ the leaky faucet in the kitchen before it causes any water damage.