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• present participle of fix.

fixing

American  

[fik-sing] / ˈfɪk sɪŋ /

noun

• fixings
  plural

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.

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fixing British  

/ ˈfɪksɪŋ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fixings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fixing

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fixing fixings

CEO Michael Fiddelke said that clothing and home goods were the categories most in need of fixing at Target.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The plan: spend $130,000 and five months fixing up the property and sell it for over $300,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Separately, Trump also signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum aimed at fixing long-term issues in Navy shipbuilding and ship-repair programs, as well as restore capacity and competition to the maritime industrial base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A woman has criticised Anglian Water for imposing a hosepipe ban while not fixing a water leak that she had reported "weeks ago".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

“The time you were fixing the pulley on the well, and fell in,” Daisy said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

However, they added that a rapid strengthening for the yuan, also known as the renminbi, remains unlikely as authorities have consistently signaled restraint by setting recent fixings at weaker levels than market expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

And while inflation traders expect the annual headline CPI rate to peak at 2.8% in May, they also see it drifting below that level through year-end, based on derivative-like instruments known as fixings.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

Gilberto, now with a clean cut, ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, gravy, rolls and other fixings outside the mission on a warm fall day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Chief content officer Erin Keane’s local Mexican spot, El Nopal, serves such generous portions that she’s often left with rice, beans and fixings.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025

“They better have the fixings ready in the kitchen,” Guzzo said.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds