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Merriam-Webster
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FIX Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FIX is to make something whole or able to work properly again : repair, mend. How to use fix in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fix.
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Dictionary.com
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FIX Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Fix definition: to repair; mend.. See examples of FIX used in a sentence.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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FIX | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
FIX meaning: 1. to repair something: 2. to arrange or agree a time, place, price, etc.: 3. to fasten something…. Learn more.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Fix Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
FIX meaning: 1 : to make (something) whole or able to work properly again to repair (something); 2 : to deal with or correct (a problem)
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Fix - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
verb influence an event or its outcome by illegal means · “fix a race” · see moresee less · type of: act upon, influence, work · have and exert influence or effect · noun an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear · “collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers” ·
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Collins Dictionary
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FIX definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
The verb use is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing, and any objections to it on the grounds of style merely reflect personal prejudice, not standard practice. The noun fix meaning “repair, adjustment” is informal.
Published   March 12, 2018
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YourDictionary
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Fix Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Fixed the room for the guests; fix lunch for the kids. ... To make firm, stable, or secure. ... To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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FIX | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
FIX meaning: 1. to repair something: 2. to decide a certain and exact date, price, plan, etc: 3. to fasten…. Learn more.
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Wiktionary
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fix - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to ...
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2579 Synonyms & Antonyms for FIX | Thesaurus.com
noun as in difficult or ticklish situation · SynonymsAntonyms · Strongest matches · dilemma, mess · Strong matches · box, corner, embarrassment, hole, jam, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot · Weak match · hot water · ...
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Longman
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fix | meaning of fix in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
2to decide on a level, value etc ... suspected that the deal had been fixed in advance.→ See Verb tablefixfix2 noun1[countable] something that has been dishonestly arrangedAllegations of a fix were not proven.Obviously his appointment was a fix....
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Dictionary.com
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FIXING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Fixing definition: the act of a person or thing that fixes.. See examples of FIXING used in a sentence.
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Merriam-Webster
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FIX Synonyms: 489 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Some common synonyms of fix are affix, attach, and fasten. While all these words mean "to make something stay firmly in place," fix usually implies a driving in, implanting, or embedding.
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Your examples of "the fix was on" and "who fixed the World Series" use fix in a different sense than that of Question 3.1. In those sentences, it is meaning 7a from dictionary.com: "to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods." In the question, taking a normal business sense, fix would usually have meaning 1a: "to make firm, stable, or stationary."

If we fix a time, we settle on a single agreed time.
If we fix a price, we set the price and intend not to change it.
If we fix a deadline, we commit to delivering results by a given target date.

You could also fix a forecast, in the sense that you declare this forecast to be complete and as accurate as possible and you're not going to change it further. This would be an uncommon thing to do for a weather forecast (you always get better accuracy as you get closer to the event), but it's more likely for a business forecast, where you have a planning horizon that must be met; in that case you might fix your forecast 90 days out, because that's when you have to place orders to your overseas suppliers; so in January, February, and March you adjust your forecast for July and improve it as much as possible, but at the end of March you place your orders supplies to arrive in July, and you can't change those based on improved forecasting information that you receive in mid-May.)

One other thing to note is that "price-fixing" as a phrase always means "illegally colluding with others to set a price that would normally not be viable." So you may wish to avoid "we fixed our prices" because of the possibility of misunderstanding.

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"Fix" means to assure in an unscrupulous way the outcome of a contest. The White Sox, for example, were widely favored to win the World Series, meaning that gamblers could expect to collect a lot of money if they bet on the opposing team, the Cincinnati Reds, while ensuring that the White Sox would lose--much more than they would collect if they bet on the White Sox to win in legitimate fashion. So, the gamblers (Rothstein in particular) bribed several of the White Sox players to throw the Series (i.e., to lose intentionally).

Wrestling is fixed as well, but this is widely understood and provokes little outrage, because wrestling is seen as entertainment. The fixing of the World Series, the national pastime, was seen as an outrage.

Political contests are often thought to be fixed as well--Donald Trump has used this term repeatedly of late in disparanging Ted Cruz's collection of delegates in states in which he won fewer votes than Trump. The common expression is "the fix is in," meaning the game is rigged--the outcome has been assured even before the contest takes place.

Clearly, the one word that does not belong with "fix" is C, a forecast. Again, it might apply in the rare (and perhaps purely hypothetical) case of a bogus forecast being used to fool people into thinking the weather will be something other than what you know it will be, but this is a far-fetched example.

"Fix" as applied to the other words has an entirely different meaning. Fix a time = decide upon and set a time; fix a price = decide on and set a price; Fix a deadline = decide on and set a deadline. The meaning here is to "fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position."

"Fix" can also mean to repair, as in "fix the refrigerator--it's broken."

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fix | definition for kids | Wordsmyth Word Explorer Children's Dictionary; WILD dictionary K-2 | Wordsmyth
to make stable or steady; fasten firmly; attach. : to decide on or set; bring into a final state that cannot be changed. : to hold steady or direct.... See the full definition
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Dictionary.com
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GET A FIX Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Get a fix definition: Obtain a needed dose of something, especially but not necessarily a narcotic drug. For example, Heroin addicts will do anything to get their fix, or Chris referred to her daily swim in the pool as her chlorine fix. The noun fix has been used for a narcotic dose since the 1930s, and was extended to other compulsively sought things about two decades later.