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install or instal, institute: <strong>The</strong> new limits must be fixed by<br />

tomorrow. 3 repair, mend, fix up, remedy, rectify, correct,<br />

emend, adjust, patch (up), regulate, put or set to rights,<br />

doctor, straighten out: My watch is at the jeweller's being<br />

fixed. 4 hold, fasten, focus, direct, level, rivet,<br />

concentrate, freeze; fixate: He fixed his attention on the<br />

ice-cream. 5 hold, rivet, spellbind, mesmerize, hypnotize,<br />

fascinate, freeze, immobilize: She fixed him with a baleful<br />

stare. 6 concentrate, focus: Fix your thoughts on how we're<br />

going to get out <strong>of</strong> here. 7 harden, congeal, thicken, set,<br />

consolidate, solidify, rigidify, become rigid, stiffen, freeze:<br />

Mould the clay before it becomes fixed. 8 establish, set,<br />

settle, organize, install or instal, situate, locate, position,<br />

place: Her family is comfortably fixed. 9 impose, assign,<br />

allocate, attribute, ascribe, specify, pin, attach, fasten,<br />

establish: <strong>The</strong>y tried to fix the responsibility for the<br />

accident. 10 settle, set, stabilize, freeze, solidify: <strong>The</strong><br />

introduction and spread <strong>of</strong> printing fixed many spellings. 11<br />

bribe, suborn, buy (<strong>of</strong>f), corrupt, influence, manipulate, Colloq<br />

grease (someone's) palm: He attempted to fix a judge. 12<br />

arrange, prearrange, predetermine, set up, contrive, Colloq<br />

fiddle, pull strings, rig: We knew the winner as they had fixed<br />

the race. 13 desexualize, desex, alter, cut; castrate,<br />

emasculate, see to, eunuchize, geld, caponize; spay,<br />

oophorectomize, ovariectomize: <strong>An</strong>imals that have been fixed are<br />

usually more tractable. 14 retaliate against, wreak vengeance<br />

on, hit or strike or get back at, get even with, even the score<br />

with, make reprisal against, avenge oneself against, take<br />

revenge or retribution on or against, repay, pay back, Colloq<br />

settle (someone's) hash, cook (someone's) goose, sort (some)<br />

out: I'll fix him for tattling to the teacher! 15 fix on or<br />

upon. decide (on or upon), set, agree (on or upon), choose,<br />

select, settle (on), determine, finalize: We can't fix on a<br />

date till we know David's schedule. 16 fix up. a furnish,<br />

supply, provide, accommodate, set up, Brit lay on: Her mother<br />

fixed her up with a nice young man. Can you fix me up with a<br />

room for the night? b (re)decorate, furnish, renovate, restore,<br />

furbish, refurbish; straighten out or up, organize, do up, set<br />

up: I like the way you've fixed up the basement. Please fix up<br />

your room before the guests arrive. c clear up, resolve,<br />

reconcile, sort out, settle: Have they fixed up their<br />

differences yet? d repair, patch (up): Fix up my car so it<br />

will run at least till I get home.

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