Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 26 compound words that contain fixes. The most common are listed below. Open fixes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- bug fixesplural of bug fix: A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
- idees fixesplural of idee fixe: An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely), an obsession.
- idées fixesplural of idée fixe: An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely), an obsession.
- fixes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of fix up: To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
- quick fixesplural of quick fix: A simple solution; an easy way out.
- radio fixesplural of radio fix: The location of a radio transmitter by taking bearings from two receivers.
- techno-fixesplural of techno-fix: A technological solution to a problem.
- prix fixesplural of prix fixe: A menu in which the entire meal is offered at a single fixed price.
- jours fixesplural of jour fixe: A series of presentations and/or performances, discussions or similar events that happen on a fixed day every month (or similar; for example, every second Sunday of a month). Used mainly by cultural and artistic …
- fixes someone's clockthird-person singular simple present indicative of fix someone's clock: To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
- fixes someone's flintthird-person singular simple present indicative of fix someone's flint: Synonym of put a spoke in someone's wheel (“to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design”).
- fixes someone's wagonthird-person singular simple present indicative of fix someone's wagon: To cause injury, distress, or inconvenience to someone, especially as punishment or as a comeuppance.
- fixes the roof while the sun is shiningthird-person singular simple present indicative of fix the roof while the sun is shining: To deal with a problem or potential problem while conditions are favorable.
Compound words 26
- prefixesplural of prefix: Something placed before another
- bugfixesplural of bugfix: A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.
- suffixesplural of suffix: A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
- hotfixesplural of hotfix: A cumulative package of one or more files used to address a problem in a software product.
- ambifixesplural of ambifix: A string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.
- antefixesplural of antefix: The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
- autofixesthird-person singular simple present indicative of autofix: An automatic fix.
- biofixesplural of biofix: A biological event or indicator of a developmental event, usually in the life of an insect pest, that initiates the beginning of growing-degree-day calculations.
- circumfixesplural of circumfix: An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.
- confixesplural of confix: An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix attached simultaneously to the root.