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  • 11fix — [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,… …

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  • 12Fix — Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. [1913 Webster] An… …

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  • 13Fix — as a noun may refer to:* Fix (position), the result of position fixing in navigation * Fix (film), a feature film by Tao Ruspoli * FIX protocol, a communications protocol for financial information exchange * Fix , a single from BLACKstreet s 1996 …

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  • 14fix — ► VERB 1) attach or position securely. 2) repair or restore. 3) decide or settle on. 4) make arrangements for. 5) make unchanging, constant or permanent. 6) (fix on) direct or be directed unwaveringly toward. 7) …

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  • 15Fix — Fix, v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. [1913 Webster] Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. Waller. [1913 Webster] 2. To become firm, so as to resist… …

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  • 16fix — Adj. (Mittelstufe) ugs.: schnell, flink Synonyme: rasch, zügig, flott (ugs.) Beispiele: Mach mal ein bisschen fix! Er drehte sich fix um. fix Adj. (Aufbaustufe) immer gleich bleibend, unveränderlich Synonyme: feststehend, fest, festgelegt,… …

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  • 17Fix — (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18Fix — Fix, n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, so that he is in an almighty fix. De… …

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  • 19fix — fiks vt 1 a) to make firm, stable, or stationary b) to give a permanent or final form to: as (1) to change into a stable compound or available form <bacteria that fix nitrogen> (2) to kill, harden, and preserve for microscopic study 2) to… …

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  • 20fix — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} gerg., dose o iniezione di droga, spec. di eroina {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1973. ETIMO: ingl. fix propr. punto fisso , der. di (to) fix fissare …

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