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Definition: Fixing |
FixingNoun1. The act of putting something in working order again. 2. The sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering". 3. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fixing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Making dyed or printed colors fast in cloth by treating the material with chemical, such as ammonia, and steam in an ager. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | The setting of a price by a known method at regular times. For example, the establishment of an official exchange rate, interest rate, or security or commodity price. (references) |
Finance | The settling of a price by trading normally in the commodity markets, including the gold market. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | Is the part of the photographic process in which the unexposed and unreduced silver halide is removed to render the image stable in white light and also to remove the turbidity. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| fix | Spanish | Fixing | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FixingSynonyms: altering (n), fix (n), fixation (n), mending (n), neutering (n), repair (n), reparation (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I want to thank you for fixing Felix's back (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I was just fixing some ice tea, would you like a glass (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder) Um, I'm fixing a divot (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick) When I was fixing your car, I kinda spilled all your break liquid (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I'm fixing the door (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) | |
Lyrics | I'm fixing to know if you can afford to cop (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat) | |
Clever | The key to happiness is not fixing your problems but changing your attitude towards your problems. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fong Sze Yu Fixing His Marriage at Wudang Shan (1962) Fixing a Stew (1934) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured is a mother and several children in a kitchen setting fixing sandwiches and doing kitchen chores. These people are part of a larger Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Woman standing before a mirror fixing hat while seated woman talks. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A good way to remind your husband -- that he shouldn't be fixing the car in his best clothes. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Siege battery drill, fixing sights, West Point, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bronco riders fixing saddles at rodeo, Miles City, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fixing a dried well on the farm of Mrs. Emma Knoll. Grant County, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Newport, New Jersey (vicinity). Edward Hanby fixing a tractor. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jackson, Michigan. Fixing a belt on farm machinery. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Saustad and his son, Robert, fixing a flashlight. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Columbus, Ohio. Fixing a bus part at the Greyhound garage. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Fixing up at the general store" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "This place is still operating, though mostlyas a club in the back." | "Spider" by Kris Kelley Commentary: "Spider fixing it's web." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Commission, in fixing on May 1, 1921, the total amount of the debt of Germany, may take account of interest due on sums arising out of the reparation of material damage as from November 11, 1918, up to May 1, 1921. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Always wash your hands after using the toilet and before fixing food or eating. (references) | |
Business | For example, price fixing is prohibited, and the European Union law has a mechanism built into it for exemption to be given to individual agreements or categories of agreements. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | Its main thrust concerns price fixing, transfer pricing, non-competition clauses, and exclusive dealing. (references) |
Ireland | Its primary focus concerns price fixing, transfer pricing, non-competition clauses and exclusive dealing. (references) | |
Sweden | According to the Swedish Competition Act (which is in line with EU rules), companies are not allowed to practice price fixing. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Antitrust legislation and rules protect consumers against product misrepresentation and price fixing. (references) |
CHILE | On the positive side foreign investors receive better than national treatment on taxation, as they have the option of fixing the tax rate they will pay at 42 percent for ten years or paying the prevailing domestic rate, which is at present lower. (references) | |
Trade | Switzerland | The gross dutiable weight includes the actual weight of the goods and their packaging, including the weight of any fixing material and supports on which the goods are placed. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CURSE, v.t. Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | An amendment process was put in place to right wrongs like slavery which needed fixing. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | The execution of the act for fixing the military peace establishment has been attended with difficulties which even now can only be overcome by legislative aid. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Fixing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 82.46% of the time. "Fixing" is used about 478 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 82.46% | 395 | 14,105 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.27% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.55% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.09% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (common) | 0.63% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 478 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fixing": fixing agent ♦ fixing aids ♦ fixing boundaries ♦ fixing device ♦ fixing plate ♦ fixing salt ♦ fixing solution ♦ price fixing ♦ rate fixing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "fixing": nitrogen-fixing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "fixing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bepaling (adjunct, condition, definition, regulation, stipulation, terms). (various references) | |
Albanian | fiksim (complex, fastening, fixation, hitch), pajisje (amenities, capital goods, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, fit out, fitment, fitting, fittings, fixings, gadget, mounting, provision, rig, rigging, supply, tackle), montim (assemblage, assembly, editing, erection, fitting, frame, hookup). (various references) | |
Arabic | مرافقة (accompaniment, convoy, escort), تحديد (definition, determination, limitation, locating, nicety, placement, restriction), تثبيت (confirmation, fixation, fixture, lock, verification), ترسيخ (establishing, establishment, fixation, fixture, solidification, stabilization, substantiation), إصطحاب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фиксиране (fixation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 定象. (various references) | |
Czech | připevnìní (attachment, fastening). (various references) | |
Danish | fod (foot, paw), fixing, faststoebning (bedding into stone of concrete), fastsættelse, notering (listing, notation, quotation, quotation on the Stock Exchange, quote, recording, Stock Exchange quotation), indspänding (clamping, constraining, fixity). (various references) | |
Dutch | fixing, vaststelling (determination), vastmetselen (bedding into stone of concrete), vastgieten (bedding into stone of concrete), inklemming (clamping, constraining, embedding, encasing, fixity, housing, restraint), bepaling (adjunct, clause, condition, definition, regulation, stipulation, terms). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fikso. (various references) | |
Finnish | hinnan määräytyminen. (various references) | |
French | fixation (fixation, fixedness, fixture). (various references) | |
German | Fuß (base, feet, foot, heel, leg, paw, root), Fixing, fixierend, festsetzung (arrangement, detention, establishing, setting, stipulation), festlegung (commitment, designation, determining, establishing, limiting, predefinition, restriction), Verkittung (agglutination, bedding into stone of concrete, cementation), Vergiessen (bedding into stone of concrete, tapping, to cast, to pour, to tap, to teem), verankerung (anchorage, anchoring, bracing, Embedding, establishment, moorings), einspannend, Einmauerung (bedding into stone of concrete, brickwork setting, setting), Einbindung (integration), bestimmung (appointment, appropriation, ascertainment, assignation, classification, definition, designation, destiantion, destination, destiny, determination, fate, modifier, provision, purpose, regulation, setting), befestigend (affixing, appending, fastening, fixating, fortifying, gartering). (various references) | |
Greek | fixing, στερέωση (fastening, fixation), στερέωμα (fastening, fixation), πόδι (foot, leg), προσήλωση (assiduity, attachment, attentiveness, dedication), ορισμός τιμής, διόρθωση (amendment, correction, emendation, rectification). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קביעה (appointing, determination, establishing, fixation, permanence, stability, steadiness), קבוע (constant, fitted, fixation, fixed, fixture, habitual, permanent, regular, set, settled, stable, standing, stated, stationary, steady, uniform), אבזר (accessory, spare part). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rögzítés (anchorage, crabbing, fastening, fixation, lashing, locking, setting, stabilization), rögzítő (arresting device), megállapítás (ascertainment, assignation, conclusion, conditioning, determining, establishing, establishment, estimate, fixation, registering, statement, stipulation, verification), leszorítás (arrest, depression, fastening, strangulation), fixáló (fixative, fixer), fixálás (fixation), elintézés (adjustment, arrangement, dispatch, disposal, setting). (various references) | |
Italian | fissazione (fastening, fixation, obsession). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 着装 (putting on), 卜 (choosing, divination, divining, predicting, settling, telling a fortune), 固定 (fixation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぼく (choosing, divining, I, manservant, predicting, settling, telling a fortune), こてい (bottom of a lake, fixation), ちゃくそう (conception, idea, putting on). (various references) | |
Korean | 담합. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixingfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fixing, fixação (allocation, anchorage, definition, determination, fastening, fixation, fixture, furnishings, placement, retention, setting, settlement, settling), selagem (bedding into stone of concrete, encapsulation, sealing), sapata (sabot, shoe), encastramento (clamping, constraining, fixity), chumbagem (bedding into stone of concrete), base de fixação (foot). (various references) | |
Romanian | determinare (definition, determination). (various references) | |
Russian | установка (adjustment, collocation, erection, fitting, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, setting, set-up, setups, stance), снаряжение (accouterment, accoutrement, duffel, equipment, fit out, fit-out, fixings, kit, munition, outfit, refit, rig, rigging), фиксация (attachment, fixation), фиксировать фиксирование, закрепление (anchorage, fixation). (various references) | |
Scottish | prìne (a pin, pin for fixing clothes). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | popravljanje (reclamation, redress). (various references) | |
Spanish | fixing, fix (bang, shot), fijacion (attachment, fixation, fortification), fijación de cambio, fijación (attachment, fastening, fixation), zócalo (baseboard, plinth, skirting, skirting board, socle, wainscot), empotramiento (anchoring, bedding into stone of concrete, clamping, constraining, embedding, encasing, fixity, housing, keying, keying-in), accesorios (accessories, appliances, property, props, trimmings). (various references) | |
Swedish | fixing, fixering (fixation, hang up, stare, staring), fastställelse (confirmation, determination, establishment, settlement), reparation (overhaul, refit, repairing, reparation), räntefixing,prisfixing eller kursfixing, ränte,pris eller kursfixing, bestämmande (decision, decisive, determination, determinative, determining). (various references) | |
Turkish | fiksaj, tespit (determination, fixation), tamir (mend, mending, overhaul, refit, refitment, repair, reparation, wrecking), sabitleme (immobilization), dikme (bay, erecting, erection, pillar, plant, planting, sewing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | установка (adjustment, plant), фіксація (fixation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | definitio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fixing": fixings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fixing": affixing, infixing, postfixing, prefixing, reaffixing, refixing, suffixing, transfixing, unfixing. (additional references) | |
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"Fixing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: figing, Figini, Figino, fixen, fixin, fi-xing, fixint, fixting, Fuxin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fixing" (pronounced fi"ksing) |
| 6 | f i" k s i ng | affixing. |
| 5 | -i" k s i ng | intermixing, mixing. |
| 4 | -k s i ng | annexing, boxing, coaxing, faxing, flexing, indexing, perplexing, relaxing, taxing, vexing, waxing, xeroxing. |
| 3 | -s i ng | announcing, accessing, acquiescing, addressing, advancing, amassing, assessing, balancing, basing, blessing, bouncing, bracing, busing, bussing, buttressing, bypassing, canvassing, caressing, casing, ceasing, chasing, classing, coalescing, coercing, collapsing, commencing, compressing, condensing, conferencing, confessing, conversing, convincing, coursing, crisscrossing, crossing, cursing, cussing, dancing, debasing, decreasing, defacing, denouncing, depressing, diagnosing, digressing, disbursing, discussing, dismissing, dispensing, dispersing, displacing, distancing, distressing, divorcing, dosing, dousing, dowsing, dressing, eclipsing, effacing, embarrassing, embracing, encompassing, endorsing, enforcing, engrossing, enhancing, enticing, erasing, expensing, experiencing, expressing, facing, fencing, financing, focusing, forcing, freelancing, fundraising, fussing, gassing, glancing, greasing, grimacing, grossing, grousing, guessing, hairdressing, harassing, harnessing, hissing, horsing, icing, impressing, increasing, inducing, influencing, introducing, invoicing, kissing, Lancing, lapsing, leasing, lensing, licensing, loosing, massing, menacing, mensing, messing, mincing, missing, noticing, nursing, obsessing, oppressing, outdistancing, outpacing, outsourcing, overproducing, pacing, parsing, passing, piecing, piercing, placing, policing, possessing, pouncing, practicing, prancing, prejudicing, pressing, pricing, processing, producing, professing, progressing, promising, pronouncing, pulsing, racing, reassessing, rebalancing, recessing, redressing, reducing, referencing, refinancing, refocusing, rehearsing, reimbursing, reinforcing, reintroducing, rejoicing, relapsing, releasing, reminiscing, renouncing, replacing, repressing, repricing, reprocessing, reproducing, repulsing, repurchasing, resurfacing, retracing, reversing, rinsing, romancing, sacrificing, seducing, sensing, sentencing, sequencing, servicing, showcasing, silencing, slicing, sluicing, sourcing, spacing, spicing, splicing, sprucing, stressing, subleasing, suppressing, surfacing, surpassing, teleconferencing, tossing, tracing, traipsing, traversing, trespassing, trouncing, unceasing, unconvincing, underpricing, unpromising, videoconferencing, voicing, waltzing, wincing, wissing, witnessing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-n-x" | |
-1 letter: infix. | |
-3 letters: fig, fin, fix, gin, nix. | |
-4 letters: if, in, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-n-x" | |
+1 letter: fixings. | |
+2 letters: affixing, fixating, infixing, refixing, unfixing. | |
+3 letters: prefixing, suffixing. | |
+4 letters: postfixing, reaffixing. | |
+5 letters: detoxifying, exfoliating, transfixing. | |
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