[
  {
    "word": "fix",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8f\u026aks/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u026aks/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u026aks/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/fix-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1749847",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A repair or corrective action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A determination of location.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We have a fix on your position."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To mend, to repair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prepare (food or drink).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She fixed dinner for the kids."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To convert into a stable or available form.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "join",
          "put together",
          "unite",
          "doctor",
          "rig",
          "patch",
          "put to rights",
          "rectify",
          "impale",
          "run through",
          "stick",
          "castrate",
          "desex",
          "neuter",
          "spay",
          "establish",
          "settle down"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "change",
          "move"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fix"
    ]
  }
]