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Adjective fixed has 9 senses
- fixed - (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
Antonyms: indeterminate, undetermined (indirect, via determinate)
- fixed, set, rigid - fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"
Antonym: moving (indirect, via nonmoving)
- fixed - securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
Antonyms: unfixed, detached, free, floating, unfirm, unsteady
- fastened, fixed - intent and directed steadily; "had her gaze fastened on the stranger"; "a fixed expresson"
Antonym: unsteady (indirect, via steady)
- fixed, frozen - incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
Antonyms: changeable, changeful (indirect, via unchangeable)
- reconditioned, repaired, fixed - mended or put in working order; "a reconditioned sewing machine"; "a repaired vacuum cleaner"; "the broken lock is now fixed"
Antonym: unrestored (indirect, via restored)
- flat, fixed - not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Antonym: progressive (indirect, via regressive)
- fixed, given - specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location"
Antonym: unspecified (indirect, via specified)
- fixed, intent - directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"
Antonym: distributed (indirect, via concentrated)
Verb fix has 11 senses
- repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
--1 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentence:
The men fix the chairs
- fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
--2 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
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- specify, set, determine, fix, limit - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
--3 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
--4 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:
The chefs fix the vegetables
- pay back, pay off, get, fix - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
--5 is one way to get even, get back
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- fix - set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
--6 is one way to establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
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- fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
--7 is one way to fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- fixate, fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
--8 is one way to attach
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
--9 is one way to operate on, operate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- situate, fix, posit, deposit - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
--10 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
--11 is one way to change, alter, modify
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Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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