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Meanings of fix in English

Portuguese
reparação
Catalan
adobament
Spanish
enmienda
Wikidata

The act of putting something in working order again.

reparação
Portuguese
reparar
Catalan
atendre
Spanish
atender
Wikidata

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.

reparar
Synonyms
Examples for "repair"
Examples for "repair"
1
Montero said she did know whether the government would repair her home.
Reuters
2
Answer no to all prompts: list but don't repair any problems found.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
3
However, for many inherited diseases, treatment will likely require genetic repair pre-transplantation.
Pubmed
4
The fact is, state and local governments constantly repair highways and bridges.
Reuters
5
This includes £6bn to help local authorities repair the local road network.
The Guardian
1
Last year, I made fixing our broken housing market my personal mission.
The Guardian
2
Israel has seen at last one major match-fixing affair in recent years.
Reuters
3
He's quite good at fixin' things that need fixing, she told him.
Hearts of grey
4
The cost of fixing a public sector payroll system continues to increase.
Radio NZ
5
Europe, China and other jurisdictions have also fined parts makers for price-fixing.
Reuters
1
A new date for the fixture will be announced in due course.
The Irish Times
2
A year later, entering the same fixture, it's a vastly different scenario.
The Irish Times
3
Not a rare occurrence in this famous fixture, especially in recent years.
The South African
4
The police and thug violence became a regular fixture of anti-government protests.
The Guardian
5
It will be lunchtime today before the revised fixture list is announced.
The Irish Times
1
Upbeat company news reinforced the sense of an economy on the mend.
Reuters
2
That's a good sign the larger U.S. economy is on the mend.
Reuters
3
A make-do-and-mend attitude is needed if Ireland are to overcome top opposition.
The Irish Times
4
Time passes; and at last the tiler arrives to mend the mischief.
The Open Air
5
Look in the wardrobe and think make-do-and-mend, no need for new stuff.
The Guardian
1
The urgent order of business, however, was mending my fences with Alicia.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
2
If leaking drains are to blame, mending them should solve the problem.
The Guardian
3
He had the toy in his lap in a moment, mending it.
Frenzied Fiction
4
Fabiola wasn't ready to try mending her relationship with her twin either.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
5
Ozma wore few holes in her stockings; still, they sometimes needed mending.
The Emerald City of Oz
1
The appeal was pushed by Oceana's insurer over the question of reparation.
Radio NZ
2
In her body, she knew fear; morally, the thieving felt like reparation.
A change in altitude
3
We are both eager to make all the reparation in our power.
In His Steps
4
It was simply a reparation, and no union was implied in it.
The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays
5
I brought his misfortunes upon him; I mean to make full reparation.
Eve and David
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
lío

Informal terms for a difficult situation.

batibull
Portuguese
localização
Catalan
localització
Spanish
localización

A determination of the place where something is.

localização
Usage of fix in English
1
Wellington Water said it hoped to find and fix the problem today.
Radio NZ
2
Their message is loud and clear: fix the broken food aid system.
The Guardian
3
I really want the new government to help fix this, Gorneena said.
Reuters
4
He said the market would not fix the problem at the moment.
The Guardian
5
The report said Premier had taken appropriate actions to fix the problems.
Radio NZ
6
He said he was never given a chance to fix the problem.
Radio NZ
7
It said it will discuss ways to fix that problem with banks.
Reuters
8
The company said technicians were working with SMX to fix the problem.
Radio NZ
9
An Alon executive said the company was working to fix the problems.
Reuters
10
The spokesperson said its technical team worked frantically to fix the problem.
Radio NZ
11
Many are pledging millions to fix problems inside and outside their companies.
Wired
12
The compulsion to try just-one-more-thing to fix a problem before going home.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
13
He said the money would not fix Canterbury's long term funding issues.
Radio NZ
14
She needed to fix the problem, even if it required superhuman effort.
Mentats of Dune
15
Some borrowers said they weren't clear on how to fix the issue.
Reuters
16
It ordered the company to suspend operations and fix the pollution problem.
The Guardian