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fix [n] difficult or ticklish situation box*, corner*, dilemma, embarrassment, hole*, hot water*, jam*, mess*, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*; concept 674 —Ant. ease, good, peace fix [v1] establish, make firm affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to*, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down*, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie; concepts 85,113,160,201 —Ant. change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle fix [v2] determine, decide agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, define, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, solve, specify, work, work out; concept 18 —Ant. disturb, ignore, neglect fix [v3] mend, repair adjust, amend, correct, debug, doctor, do up*, emend, face-lift*, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights*, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to*, sort, tune up; concepts 126,212 —Ant. break, corrupt, destroy, unfix fix [v4] prepare, plan ahead arrange, dispose, frame, prearrange, precontrive, predesign, preorder, preplan, put up, rig*, set up, stack the deck*; concept 36 —Ant. forget, ignore, neglect fix [v5] focus on concenter, concentrate, direct, fasten, fixate, level at, put, rivet; concept 623 —Ant. ignore, look away fix [v6] cook a meal fit, get, get ready, heat, make, make up, microwave, prepare, ready, warm, whip up*; concept 170 —Ant. eat out fix [v7] manipulate, influence an event bribe, buy, buy off, corrupt, fiddle*, have, lubricate, maneuver, pull strings*, reach, square, suborn, tamper with; concepts 192,232 —Ant. play fair fix [v8] wreak vengeance on cook someone’s goose*, get*, get even, get revenge, hurt, pay back, punish, take retribution; concept 86 —Ant. aid, assist, help