fixed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fix

comparative more fixed · superlative most fixed

1. 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[…]

   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

   Synonyms: bound, connected, joined

2. Unable to move; unmovable.

   Synonyms: immobile, unmoveable, unmovable, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert · Antonyms: mobile, moveable, movable, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motile

3. Unable to change or vary.

   fixed assets

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   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.

   Synonyms: invariable, bateless, immutable, inalterable, invariable, permanent, perma-, perpetual · Antonyms: variable, abateable, alterable, changeable, dynamic, editable, inconstant, modifiable

4. Unlikely to change; stable.

   Synonyms: stable, consistent, equable, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, regular · Antonyms: volatile, erratic, fluid, chaotic, instable, irregular, random, rocky

   1. chemistryChemically stable.

      Synonyms: stable, consistent, equable, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, regular · Antonyms: volatile, erratic, fluid, chaotic, instable, irregular, random, rocky

5. Supplied with what one needs.

   How are you fixed for money?

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   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

   Synonyms: provided for, well-served · Antonyms: lacking, wanting, absent, awanting, bereft of, deficient of, deprived of, destitute of

6. lawRecorded 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.

7. dialectalinformalSurgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat

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   the she-cat has been fixed

8. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.

   The mob made a lot of money from fixed horse races.

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   The U.S. often relied on fixed elections to keep anti-communist dictatorships in power.

9. Resolved; corrected.
10. Repaired.

    Synonyms: mended, patched

11. astrologyBeing one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.