fixing

[fik-sing]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that fixes.

2. Informal.,  fixings. Also fixin's

   1. the necessary ingredients.

      salad fixings.

   2. the appropriate accompaniments; trimmings.

      turkey with all the fixings.

3. gold fixing.

fixing

/ ˈfɪksɪŋ /

noun

1. a means of attaching one thing to another, as a pipe to a wall, slate to a roof, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixing¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; fix, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“We’ll get ready to go and keep improving and keep fixing the things that we need to fix.”

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Private-equity firms buy companies, often using borrowed money, with the goal of fixing them up and selling them later at a profit.

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He has consistently said that fixing Boeing’s long-running quality and manufacturing problems, and shoring up its balance sheet, are his priorities.

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And fixing a British state pummeled by the shocks of Brexit, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine will take time, they say.

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The ONS is taking the right approach to errors by fixing them, but how the OBR can make crucial judgments on productivity growth without reliable data is difficult, he said.

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