fix

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun informal terms for a difficult situation
  2. noun something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
  3. noun the act of putting something in working order again

Etymology

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 jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

In classic literature

Synonyms

hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

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