Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪkst/Category:English 1-syllable words#FIXEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FIXED, Rhymes: -ɪkstCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪkst#FIXEDCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪkst/1 syllable#FIXED

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FIXED
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /fɪks(ᵻ)ɖ/Category:English 2-syllable words#FIXEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FIXED

Verb

fixedCategory:English non-lemma forms#FIXEDCategory:English verb forms#FIXEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FIXEDCategory:Pages with entries#FIXEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIXED

1. simple past and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)Category:English lemmas#FIXEDCategory:English adjectives#FIXEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FIXEDCategory:Pages with entries#FIXEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIXED

1. Attached; affixed.

   Synonyms: bound, connected, joined

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:

     The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#FIXED

2. Unable to move; unmovable.

   Synonyms: immobile, unmoveable, unmovable; see also Thesaurus:immobile

   Antonyms: mobile, moveable, movable; see also Thesaurus:movable

3. Unable to change or vary.

   Synonyms: invariable; see also Thesaurus:immutable

   Antonyms: variable; see also Thesaurus:mutable

   fixed assetsCategory:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

4. Unlikely to change; stable.

   Synonyms: stable; see also Thesaurus:steady

   Antonyms: volatile; see also Thesaurus:unsteady

   2. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#FIXED) Chemically stable.
5. Supplied with what one needs.

   Synonyms: provided for, well-served

   Antonyms: lacking, wanting; see also Thesaurus:lacking

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   How are you fixed for money?Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

6. (lawCategory:en:Law#FIXED, of sound) Recorded on a permanent medium.

   In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

7. (dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#FIXED, informalCategory:English informal terms#FIXED) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).

   a fixed tomcatCategory:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   the she-cat has been fixedCategory:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

8. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.

   The mob made a lot of money from fixed horse races.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

   The U.S. often relied on fixed elections to keep anti-communist dictatorships in power.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIXED

9. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
10. Repaired.

    Synonyms: mended, patched

11. (astrologyCategory:en:Astrology#FIXED) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.

    Coordinate terms: cardinal, mutable

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix