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install or instal, institute: The new limits must be fixed by
tomorrow. 3 repair, mend, fix up, remedy, rectify, correct,
emend, adjust, patch (up), regulate, put or set to rights,
doctor, straighten out: My watch is at the jeweller's being
fixed. 4 hold, fasten, focus, direct, level, rivet,
concentrate, freeze; fixate: He fixed his attention on the
ice-cream. 5 hold, rivet, spellbind, mesmerize, hypnotize,
fascinate, freeze, immobilize: She fixed him with a baleful
stare. 6 concentrate, focus: Fix your thoughts on how we're
going to get out of here. 7 harden, congeal, thicken, set,
consolidate, solidify, rigidify, become rigid, stiffen, freeze:
Mould the clay before it becomes fixed. 8 establish, set,
settle, organize, install or instal, situate, locate, position,
place: Her family is comfortably fixed. 9 impose, assign,
allocate, attribute, ascribe, specify, pin, attach, fasten,
establish: They tried to fix the responsibility for the
accident. 10 settle, set, stabilize, freeze, solidify: The
introduction and spread of printing fixed many spellings. 11
bribe, suborn, buy (off), corrupt, influence, manipulate, Colloq
grease (someone's) palm: He attempted to fix a judge. 12
arrange, prearrange, predetermine, set up, contrive, Colloq
fiddle, pull strings, rig: We knew the winner as they had fixed
the race. 13 desexualize, desex, alter, cut; castrate,
emasculate, see to, eunuchize, geld, caponize; spay,
oophorectomize, ovariectomize: Animals that have been fixed are
usually more tractable. 14 retaliate against, wreak vengeance
on, hit or strike or get back at, get even with, even the score
with, make reprisal against, avenge oneself against, take
revenge or retribution on or against, repay, pay back, Colloq
settle (someone's) hash, cook (someone's) goose, sort (some)
out: I'll fix him for tattling to the teacher! 15 fix on or
upon. decide (on or upon), set, agree (on or upon), choose,
select, settle (on), determine, finalize: We can't fix on a
date till we know David's schedule. 16 fix up. a furnish,
supply, provide, accommodate, set up, Brit lay on: Her mother
fixed her up with a nice young man. Can you fix me up with a
room for the night? b (re)decorate, furnish, renovate, restore,
furbish, refurbish; straighten out or up, organize, do up, set
up: I like the way you've fixed up the basement. Please fix up
your room before the guests arrive. c clear up, resolve,
reconcile, sort out, settle: Have they fixed up their
differences yet? d repair, patch (up): Fix up my car so it
will run at least till I get home.