/fɪks/
Translation
To mend something that is broken so it works again.
Word origin
From Latin fixus, meaning made firm or set in place.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fixus
Grammar
Examples
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"Fix" means to mend something so it works again.
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"Fixes" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Fixed" is the past form of "fix".
When you fix something, you mend it so that it works again after it was broken. We fix a clock, a phone, or a door, and a person who fixes things is good to know.
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