verb

fix

Translation

to repair, to attach, to decide, to prepare

Can you fix my broken watch?

We need to fix a date for the meeting.

I'll fix you a drink.

He fixed the shelf to the wall.

((sth.)) to repair sth. Can you fix my broken watch?

((sth.)) to decide on sth. We need to fix a date for the meeting.

((sb.)) ((sth.)) to prepare sth. for sb. I'll fix you a drink.

((sth.)) ((to sth.)) to attach sth. to sth. He fixed the shelf to the wall.

Synonyms: repair, mend, attach; Antonyms: break, remove

From Latin 'figere' meaning 'to fasten, fix'. The core idea is making something firm or stable.

Think of 'fixing' a picture to a wall, then 'fixing' a broken toy, then 'fixing' a date. All involve making something stable or certain.