/fɪkst/, /fɪks(e)ɖ/
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of fix
- Attached; affixed.
“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[…]”
- Unable to move; unmovable.
- Unable to change or vary.
“fixed assets”
“I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.”
“Every religion has its own fixed ideas.”
- Unlikely to change; stable.
- Chemically stable.
- Supplied with what one needs.
“She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.”
“How are you fixed for money?”
- 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.”
- dialectal, informalSurgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
“a fixed tomcat”
“the she-cat has been fixed”
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
“The mob made a lot of money from fixed horse races.”
“The U.S. often relied on fixed elections to keep anti-communist dictatorships in power.”
- Resolved; corrected.
- Repaired.
- Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.
Formsmore fixed(comparative) · most fixed(superlative)