fixed
fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
rendered stable or permanent, as color.
set or intent upon something; steadily directed: a fixed stare.
definitely and permanently placed: a fixed buoy;a fixed line of defense.
not fluctuating or varying; definite: a fixed purpose.
supplied with or having enough of something necessary or wanted, as money.
coming each year on the same calendar date: Christmas is a fixed holiday, but Easter is not.
put in order.
Informal. arranged in advance privately or dishonestly: a fixed horse race.
Chemistry.
(of an element) taken into a compound from its free state.
nonvolatile, or not easily volatilized: a fixed oil.
Mathematics. (of a point) mapped to itself by a given function.: Compare Brouwer fixed-point theorem.
Origin of fixed
1Other words for fixed
Other words from fixed
- fix·ed·ly [fik-sid-lee, fikst-lee], /ˈfɪk sɪd li, ˈfɪkst li/, adverb
- fix·ed·ness, noun
- sem·i·fixed, adjective
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How to use fixed in a sentence
Plus, Treasury yields have increasingly been driven by technical factors that are divorced from economic fundamentals, says Jim Caron, head of macro strategies for global fixed income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
Farming and herding communities across Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia are being forced to settle in new, fixed and thus monitorable communities.
How Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese, from Xinjiang to Inner Mongolia | CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI | July 12, 2021 | TimeIt’s expensive to build out fixed broadband networks in rural areas like Fallbrook and Rainbow, so many major providers just don’t.
North County Report: Feds Helping to Bridge Digital Divide, for Now | Kayla Jimenez | May 26, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoFathoming one’s gender, an identity innate and performed, personal and social, fixed and evolving, is complicated enough without being under a spotlight that never seems to turn off.
In 2012, the researchers calculated a ceiling on how statistically correlated the polarization results can be with the rotations performed at A and B if the rotations occurred in a fixed causal order.
Quantum Mischief Rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect | Natalie Wolchover | March 11, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
One Air Force official said that with enough time and more money, the EOTS could be fixed.
Newest U.S. Stealth Fighter ‘10 Years Behind’ Older Jets | Dave Majumdar | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople on fixed incomes and government pensions are the first to feel the pain.
In 1870, the very Germanically-named August Ruengling fixed a harness for a circus rider and obtained free passes for his family.
We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus | Anthony Paletta | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe teen refused to drop his knife, according to officers, fixed them with “a 100-yard stare,” and walked toward them.
The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown | Nina Strochlic | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they have high fixed costs—overhead, maintenance, staff, and power.
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHer eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterShe kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood“It looks better than any house around here now, since you fixed it up and painted it,” said Sol.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
British Dictionary definitions for fixed
/ (fɪkst) /
attached or placed so as to be immovable
not subject to change; stable: fixed prices
steadily directed: a fixed expression
established as to relative position: a fixed point
not fluctuating; always at the same time: a fixed holiday
(of ideas, notions, etc) firmly maintained
(of an element) held in chemical combination: fixed nitrogen
(of a substance) nonvolatile
arranged
astrology of, relating to, or belonging to the group consisting of the four signs of the zodiac Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, which are associated with stability: Compare cardinal (def. 9), mutable (def. 2)
informal equipped or provided for, as with money, possessions, etc
informal illegally arranged: a fixed trial
Derived forms of fixed
- fixedly (ˈfɪksɪdlɪ), adverb
- fixedness, noun
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