Fix
verb
To attach or fasten something securely.
Please fix the painting to the wall.
Often appears as...
- fix the problem
- fix it
verb
To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
He fixed the broken chair.
Often appears as...
- fix the car
- fix the leak
verb
To prepare or make something, especially food.
She fixed dinner for the family.
Often appears as...
- fix dinner
- fix a sandwich
verb
To make something such as a price, rate or level stay the same and not change.
Banks fix interest rates for home loans.
Often appears as...
- fix the price
- fix the rate
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Formal
Financial
noun
A difficult situation.
She has landed herself in a fix by making false promises.
Often appears as...
- in a fix
- get into a fix
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Disapproving
verb
To look steadily at something or someone.
He fixed his gaze on the door.
Often appears as...
- fix your gaze
- fix your eyes
verb
To attach or fasten something securely.
Please fix the painting to the wall.
Often appears as...
- fix the problem
- fix it
verb
To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
He fixed the broken chair.
Often appears as...
- fix the car
- fix the leak
verb
To prepare or make something, especially food.
She fixed dinner for the family.
Often appears as...
- fix dinner
- fix a sandwich
verb
To make something such as a price, rate or level stay the same and not change.
Banks fix interest rates for home loans.
Often appears as...
- fix the price
- fix the rate
Usage tips
Formal
Financial
noun
A difficult situation.
She has landed herself in a fix by making false promises.
Often appears as...
- in a fix
- get into a fix
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To look steadily at something or someone.
He fixed his gaze on the door.
Often appears as...
- fix your gaze
- fix your eyes
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Attachment
Use 'fix' for objects joined together to stay in place without easily moving.
Can you fix this shelf to the wall?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Tools
'Fix' in this sense might need tools like drills or nails.
I need to fix the mirror back in its frame.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Attachment
Use 'fix' for objects joined together to stay in place without easily moving.
Can you fix this shelf to the wall?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Tools
'Fix' in this sense might need tools like drills or nails.
I need to fix the mirror back in its frame.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Attachment
Use 'fix' for objects joined together to stay in place without easily moving.
Can you fix this shelf to the wall?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Tools
'Fix' in this sense might need tools like drills or nails.
I need to fix the mirror back in its frame.
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Is it bad to hold your...
but in very rare cases, such as when as a person can't sense the need to urinate, the pouch can rupture painfully requiring surgery to fix. But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor,
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3 tips to boost your...
If you have a fixed mindset, meaning that you think your talents are locked in place, you might give up, assuming you've discovered something you're not very good at. But if you have a growth mindset and think your abilities can improve, a challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow. Neuroscience supports the growth mindset.
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The case of the missing...
As for the area, every pinch made more triangles, that's true. But those triangles were getting smaller and smaller. You could say that the area was converging, approaching a fixed number, while the perimeter was just getting bigger and bigger, uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown.
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Pixar: The math behind...
And that's how we create the shapes of our charcters. But remember, I said a moment ago it's not enough just to know the static shape, the fixed shape. We need to animate it. And to animate these curves, the cool thing about subdivision. Did you see the aliens in Toy Story? You know that sound they make,
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Launching a Food...
Association and it still runs this day it's being funded by the local hospital to this day it's booked out three to four months in advance to this day we have scratch cooking in every school in that district to this day okay what's beautiful it's the town is fixing itself
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
can help me levitate. -Oh, my God. -Pretty cool. I mean... it's freaky, is what it is. They're building the sonic levitation machines of the future. It's fixed in there. You know, it's pretty robust. And we can move things around in it.
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Why is yawning...
an initial yawn. This is called fixed action pattern. Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.
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Attacked by a Lion? PIPE...
Let's just let him... let's see what he's doing. Okay, he's gonna try a little -Love tap. -...love tap. Yeah, he's checking me out. When he fixes you with those eyes, you just can't help -It's quite intimidating. -It is, yeah.
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Rocket Science PIPE...
there's only a handful of places on the planet that can pull off a job like this strap yourself in for this one and this is definitely out of this world but it's fixed we're going satellite launching
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
Now the truth is, the traditional experts in economic development and poverty alleviation, they don't know how to fix this problem. And so what happens? They don't talk about it.
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Is it bad to hold your...
but in very rare cases, such as when as a person can't sense the need to urinate, the pouch can rupture painfully requiring surgery to fix. But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor,
Video examples
3 tips to boost your...
If you have a fixed mindset, meaning that you think your talents are locked in place, you might give up, assuming you've discovered something you're not very good at. But if you have a growth mindset and think your abilities can improve, a challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow. Neuroscience supports the growth mindset.
Video examples
The case of the missing...
As for the area, every pinch made more triangles, that's true. But those triangles were getting smaller and smaller. You could say that the area was converging, approaching a fixed number, while the perimeter was just getting bigger and bigger, uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown.
Video examples
Pixar: The math behind...
And that's how we create the shapes of our charcters. But remember, I said a moment ago it's not enough just to know the static shape, the fixed shape. We need to animate it. And to animate these curves, the cool thing about subdivision. Did you see the aliens in Toy Story? You know that sound they make,
Video examples
Launching a Food...
Association and it still runs this day it's being funded by the local hospital to this day it's booked out three to four months in advance to this day we have scratch cooking in every school in that district to this day okay what's beautiful it's the town is fixing itself
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
can help me levitate. -Oh, my God. -Pretty cool. I mean... it's freaky, is what it is. They're building the sonic levitation machines of the future. It's fixed in there. You know, it's pretty robust. And we can move things around in it.
Video examples
Why is yawning...
an initial yawn. This is called fixed action pattern. Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.
Video examples
Attacked by a Lion? PIPE...
Let's just let him... let's see what he's doing. Okay, he's gonna try a little -Love tap. -...love tap. Yeah, he's checking me out. When he fixes you with those eyes, you just can't help -It's quite intimidating. -It is, yeah.
Video examples
Rocket Science PIPE...
there's only a handful of places on the planet that can pull off a job like this strap yourself in for this one and this is definitely out of this world but it's fixed we're going satellite launching
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
Now the truth is, the traditional experts in economic development and poverty alleviation, they don't know how to fix this problem. And so what happens? They don't talk about it.
Example 1 of 10
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
The kids are fixing their eyes on social media, and the stories they're looking at may not be the most important things. I'm guilty of that, too. Do you want to look at Instagram or the news? It's a difficult, and weird, situation.
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
When I was really young, I busted my nose when I was racing. The first thing my dad asked me was: 'Are you OK?' I said, 'Can you fix the car for tomorrow?' And I won the race the next day.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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John Leguizamo
Colombian Comedian
My kids help fix my technology, but Twitter is my everything - I love Twitter.
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Dave Davies
British Musician
You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.
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Jose Ferreira
American Businessman
I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.
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Patrick Soon-Shiong
South African Businessman
I want to do transformational work to actually fix the world.
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Vincent Canby
American Critic
His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.
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Peggy Whitson
American Astronaut
I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.
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Bijou Phillips
American Actress
I can't change the world. I have to fix me.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
The kids are fixing their eyes on social media, and the stories they're looking at may not be the most important things. I'm guilty of that, too. Do you want to look at Instagram or the news? It's a difficult, and weird, situation.
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
When I was really young, I busted my nose when I was racing. The first thing my dad asked me was: 'Are you OK?' I said, 'Can you fix the car for tomorrow?' And I won the race the next day.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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John Leguizamo
Colombian Comedian
My kids help fix my technology, but Twitter is my everything - I love Twitter.
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Dave Davies
British Musician
You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.
Quote examples
Jose Ferreira
American Businessman
I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.
Quote examples
Patrick Soon-Shiong
South African Businessman
I want to do transformational work to actually fix the world.
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Vincent Canby
American Critic
His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.
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Peggy Whitson
American Astronaut
I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.
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Bijou Phillips
American Actress
I can't change the world. I have to fix me.
Example 1 of 10
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