What is the meaning of fix?

noun

• Informal terms for a difficult situation.
  • usage: "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
  • synonyms: hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
• Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug.
  • usage: "she needed a fix of chocolate"
• The act of putting something in working order again.
  • synonyms: repair, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
• An exemption granted after influence (e. G., money) is brought to bear.
  • usage: "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
• A determination of the place where something is.
  • usage: "he got a good fix on the target"
  • synonyms: localization, localisation, location, locating

verb

• Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
  • usage: "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
  • synonyms: repair, mend, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
• Cause to be firmly attached.
  • usage: "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
  • synonyms: fasten, secure
• Decide upon or fix definitely.
  • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • synonyms: specify, set, determine, define, limit
• Prepare for eating by applying heat.
  • usage: "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
  • synonyms: cook, ready, make, prepare
• Take vengeance on or get even.
  • usage: "We'll get them"; "That'll fix him good"; "This time I got him"
  • synonyms: pay back, pay off, get
• Set or place definitely.
  • usage: "Let's fix the date for the party"
• Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.
• Make fixed, stable or stationary.
  • usage: "let's fix the picture to the frame"
  • synonyms: fixate
• Make infertile.
  • usage: "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
  • synonyms: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise
• Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.
  • usage: "fix a race"
• Put (something somewhere) firmly.
  • usage: "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
  • synonyms: situate, posit, deposit
• Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
  • usage: "Get the children ready for school"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
  • synonyms: prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set