[fɪks], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position
(e.g: they had candles fixed to their helmets)

- decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.)
(e.g: no date has yet been fixed for a hearing)

- mend or repair
(e.g: you've forgotten to fix that shelf)

- make arrangements for (something); organize
(e.g: Harry's fixed up a meeting)

- make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent
(e.g: he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate)

- influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, match, or election) by illegal or underhand means
(e.g: the club attempted to fix last Thursday's league match)

- take an injection of a narcotic drug

- castrate or spay (an animal); neuter


Phrases:
- get a fix on

Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French fix ‘fixed’, partly from medieval Latin fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’. The noun dates from the early 19th century

[fɪks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament
(e.g: how on earth did you get into such a fix?)

- a dose of a narcotic drug to which one is addicted
(e.g: he hadn't had his fix)

- a measure taken to resolve a problem or correct a mistake; a solution or remedy
(e.g: making everything easier for the car driver would only be a short-term fix)

- a position determined by visual or radio bearings or astronomical observations
(e.g: the radio operator received the distress call and calculated the fix)

- a dishonest or underhand arrangement
(e.g: obviously, his appointment was a fix)


Phrases:
- get a fix on

Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French fix ‘fixed’, partly from medieval Latin fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’. The noun dates from the early 19th century