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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

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Etymology

Origin of fixing

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fixing fixings

He bought the vehicle on the cheap with the intention of fixing it up himself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Surgery can repair the torn ligament, but fixing the immediate injury does not necessarily prevent long-term joint damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pa spun into a fixing frenzy repairing tack, mending his boots, and moving from room to room tending to all the things he’d let go during planting season.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Analysts suggested that the PBOC’s recent firm fixings for the yuan reflect Beijing’s growing comfort with a modestly stronger currency, bolstered by a weakening dollar, surging exports and a rallying domestic stock market.

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

After we’re done dishing out turkey dinners with all the holiday fixings, we eat dinner at my house.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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