Fix vs Treat - What's the difference?
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A repair or corrective action.
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(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
* (Alain Jourgensen)
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
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A determination of location.
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
(obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
# (by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
To attach; to affix; to hold in place.
# (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
To mend, to repair.
(informal) To prepare (food).
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 extortionSutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
(transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
(informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
* (rfdate) (Waller)
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.
English contranyms
1000 English basic words
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To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for'' or ''with ).
* 1955 , , The Return of the King , George Allen & Unwin:
* 1985 , (Lawrence Durrell), Quinx'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1365:
* 2010 , David Mitchell, The Observer , 6 Jun 2010:
To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
* Milton
To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
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An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
(obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
(obsolete) An entreaty.
As an abbreviation fix
is (clotting factor ix).As a verb treat is
to negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for'' or ''with ).As a noun treat is
an entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.fix
English
Alternative forms
* fixe (archaic)Noun
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- "Just one fix !"
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
- A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
- A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
- She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
- That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- She fixed dinner for the kids.
- A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
- Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
- He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
- Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
- (Abney)
- Your kindness banishes your fear, / Resolved to fix forever here.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (make a contest unfair) doctor, rig * (render infertile) neuter, spay, desex, castrate * See alsoAntonyms
* (to hold in place) move, changeDerived terms
* affix, affixative, fixed * fixings, fixity, fixety * fix someone's wagon, fix someone up withReferences
treat
English
Verb
(en verb)- Now halting a few paces before the Captains of the West he looked them up and down and laughed. 'Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked.
- After all, in this hideous war we have just passed through never forget that Halifax would have treated with Hitler: it took Churchill to refuse.
- I wouldn't promote businesses I considered immoral – ambulance-chasing lawyers or online roulette for example – but I've got nothing against computer or software manufacture: they're important and any reputable company in that industry is welcome to treat for my services.
- Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
- Now of love they treat .
- The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
- Only let my family live, I treat thee.
- You treated me like a fool.
- She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
- I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
- I've done so well this month, I'll treat''' you all to dinner (or 'Dinner is my '''treat .)
- My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.
- They treated me for malaria.
- He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.
- I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.
- The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.
Usage notes
In the dialects found in Yorkshire and North East England, the past tense form treat (but pronounced tret ) is sometimes encountered.Synonyms
* (to deal with in a very specific way)Derived terms
* no way to treat a lady * treatable * treatmentNoun
(en noun)- I took the kids to the zoo for a treat .
- It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.