fixfix1 /fɪks/ ●●● verb [transitive] 
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REPAIR to repair something that is broken or not working correctly: 
I’ve fixed your bike. Do you know how to fix the problem?THESAURUSrepair, mend, renovate, restore, service, rebuild, recondition► see thesaurus at repair22PREPARE to prepare a meal or drinks: Let me fix you a drink. Mom was fixing dinner.3DECIDE to decide on an exact time, place, price, etc.: Have you fixed a date for the wedding? The interest rate was fixed at 6.5%.4HAIR/FACE to make your hair or makeup look neat and attractive: Let me fix my hair first and then we can go.5RESULT to make dishonest arrangements so that an election, competition, etc. has the results that you want: If you ask me, the game was fixed.[Origin: 1400–1500 Latin fixus, past participle of figere “to fasten”]fix up phrasal verb1to decorate or repair a room or building: We fixed up the guest bedroom.2informal to find a romantic partner for someone: Rachel keeps trying to fix me up with her brother.
1REPAIR to repair something that is broken or not working correctly: I’ve fixed your bike. Do you know how to fix the problem?THESAURUSrepair, mend, renovate, restore, service, rebuild, recondition► see thesaurus at repair22PREPARE to prepare a meal or drinks: Let me fix you a drink. Mom was fixing dinner.3DECIDE to decide on an exact time, place, price, etc.: Have you fixed a date for the wedding? The interest rate was fixed at 6.5%.4HAIR/FACE to make your hair or makeup look neat and attractive: Let me fix my hair first and then we can go.5RESULT to make dishonest arrangements so that an election, competition, etc. has the results that you want: If you ask me, the game was fixed.[Origin: 1400–1500 Latin fixus, past participle of figere “to fasten”]fix up phrasal verb1to decorate or repair a room or building: We fixed up the guest bedroom.2informal to find a romantic partner for someone: Rachel keeps trying to fix me up with her brother.
