fixing
noun
[ ˈfɪksɪŋ ]
• the action of fastening something in place.
• "the fixing of additional strengthening steelwork"
• the process of deciding or planning something.
• "the fixing of the date of the hearing"
• the action of mending or repairing something.
• "the roof needs fixing"
• the illegal or underhand influencing of the outcome of something such as a race, match, or election.
• "police investigating the alleged fixing of horse races"
fix
verb
• fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.
• "they had candles fixed to their helmets"
Similar:
fasten,
attach,
affix,
secure,
make fast,
join,
connect,
couple,
link,
install,
implant,
plant,
embed,
anchor,
stick,
glue,
bond,
cement,
pin,
nail,
screw,
bolt,
clamp,
clip,
bind,
tie,
lash,
establish,
position,
station,
situate,
lodge,
• decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.).
• "no date has yet been fixed for a hearing"
Similar:
decide on,
select,
choose,
resolve on,
determine,
arrive at,
settle,
set,
finalize,
arrange,
prearrange,
establish,
allot,
prescribe,
designate,
define,
name,
ordain,
appoint,
specify,
stipulate,
• mend or repair.
• "you've forgotten to fix that shelf"
Similar:
repair,
mend,
patch up,
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
get working,
make as good as new,
see to,
restore,
restore to working order,
remedy,
rectify,
put back together,
overhaul,
service,
renovate,
recondition,
rehabilitate,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
refit,
adjust,
fettle,
• make arrangements for (something); organize.
• "Harry's fixed up a meeting"
Similar:
arrange,
organize,
contrive,
sort out,
see to,
see about,
manage,
engineer,
orchestrate,
find a way,
swing,
wangle,
pull strings,
• make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.
• "he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate"
Similar:
make permanent,
make fast,
set,
• influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, match, or election) by illegal or underhand means.
• "the club attempted to fix last Thursday's league match"
• take an injection of a narcotic drug.
Similar:
inject drugs,
take drugs,
shoot up,
mainline,
get one's fix,
• castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
Similar:
castrate,
neuter,
geld,
cut,
emasculate,
spay,
desex,
sterilize,
alter,
doctor,
evirate,
caponize,
eunuchize,
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.
