fix something to repair or correct something. The car won't start—can you fix it? I've fixed the problem. Businesses and government have spent billions of ...

fix ; solution · [countable] fix (for something) (informal) a solution to a problem, especially an easy or temporary one. Luckily there is an easy fix. ; drug · ( ...

1[countable] (informal) a solution to a problem, especially an easy or temporary one There is no quick fix for the steel industry.

1fix something to repair or correct something The car won't start—can you fix it? · 2fix something to decide on a date, a time, an amount, etc. · 3to arrange or ...

The earliest known use of the noun fix is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for fix is from 1816, in the writing of Mason Locke Weems.

to choose someone or something. They've fixed on Bermuda for their honeymoon. Have you fixed on a date for the meeting?

2(often disapproving) (of ideas and wishes) held very firmly; not easily changed My parents had fixed ideas about what I should become.

to repair, decorate, or make something ready. They fixed up the house before they moved in. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together.

​to look at or think about somebody/something with great attention. Her gaze fixed on Jess. She fixed her gaze on Jess. See fix on in the Oxford Advanced ...

fixed · ​. staying the same; not changing or able to be changed · ​. (often disapproving) (of ideas and wishes) held very strongly; not easily changed · ​[only ... Fixed mindset noun · Fixed costs noun · Fixed-term adjective · Fixed-line