Fix and Select

Fix

Fix verb - To decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority.

Usage example: have we fixed a day for the party yet?

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Select and fix are semantically related in decide on topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Fix".

Nearby Words: fixed, fixing, fixate, fixer

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

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Fix and select are semantically related in choose topic. Sometimes you can use "Fix" instead a verb "Select".

After Lantis's Break the Haughty moment in Sonic & Knuckles, he says practically nothing until he can fix the problem and resume the game by using the in-game stage select.

Source: Lets Play / Lets Race With RPGM
Click on the map to select an exhibit to fix.

Source: Video Game / Museum Madness
You're presented with a Dialogue Tree; you select "I'm here to fix the boiler." He admits that the boiler has been acting up lately, and lets you through, apparently forgetting that you just tried to con your way past with two other excuses.

Source: NPC Amnesia

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Select and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/select

Fix & Select. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/select>.

Select or Fix. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/select.

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