usage: fix meaning “to repair,” which is probably an Americanism, is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. fix (to) meaning “to prepare, plan (to)” is another Americanism: We're fixing to go to town.
Definition of fix verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. fix something to repair or correct something. The car won't start—can you fix it? I've fixed the problem. Businesses and government have spent billions of dollars to find and fix the bug. We need to get the TV fixed.
To fix is to fasten in position securely or to make more or less permanent against change, especially something already existing: to fix a bayonet on a gun; fix a principle in one's mind.
usage: fix meaning “to repair,” which is probably an Americanism, is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. fix (to) meaning “to prepare, plan (to)” is another Americanism: We're fixing to go to town.