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fixed adjective [ fɪkst ]

• fastened securely in position.
• "a fixed iron ladder down the port side"
Similar: fastened, secure, fast, firm, stable, rooted, riveted, moored, anchored, permanent,
Opposite: temporary,
• (especially of a price, rate, or time) predetermined and not able to be changed.
• "loans are provided for a fixed period"
Similar: predetermined, set, established, allotted, settled, prearranged, arranged, specified, decided, agreed, determined, confirmed, prescribed, decreed, definite, defined, explicit, express, precise, exact, not subject to change, inflexible, unalterable, unchangeable, irreversible, rigid, hard and fast, writ in stone,
Opposite: flexible,
• (of a sports contest) having the outcome dishonestly predetermined.
• "the fight's fixed—the ref has your card marked"
• situated with regard to.
• "how's the club fixed for money now?"

fix verb

• fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.
• "they had candles fixed to their helmets"
Similar: fasten, attach, affix, secure, make fast, join, connect, couple, link, install, implant, plant, embed, anchor, stick, glue, bond, cement, pin, nail, screw, bolt, clamp, clip, bind, tie, lash, establish, position, station, situate, lodge,
Opposite: remove,
• decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.).
• "no date has yet been fixed for a hearing"
Similar: decide on, select, choose, resolve on, determine, arrive at, settle, set, finalize, arrange, prearrange, establish, allot, prescribe, designate, define, name, ordain, appoint, specify, stipulate,
• mend or repair.
• "you've forgotten to fix that shelf"
Similar: repair, mend, patch up, put right, put to rights, set right, get working, make as good as new, see to, restore, restore to working order, remedy, rectify, put back together, overhaul, service, renovate, recondition, rehabilitate, rebuild, reconstruct, refit, adjust, fettle,
Opposite: break, damage,
• make arrangements for (something); organize.
• "Harry's fixed up a meeting"
Similar: arrange, organize, contrive, sort out, see to, see about, manage, engineer, orchestrate, find a way, swing, wangle, pull strings,
• make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.
• "he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate"
Similar: make permanent, make fast, set,
• influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, match, or election) by illegal or underhand means.
• "the club attempted to fix last Thursday's league match"
Similar: rig, arrange fraudulently, tamper with, manipulate, manoeuvre, twist, influence, set up, fiddle,
• take an injection of a narcotic drug.
Similar: inject drugs, take drugs, shoot up, mainline, get one's fix,
• castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
Similar: castrate, neuter, geld, cut, emasculate, spay, desex, sterilize, alter, doctor, evirate, caponize, eunuchize,
Origin: late Middle English: partly from Old French fix ‘fixed’, partly from medieval Latin fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’. The noun dates from the early 19th century.

of no fixed address

• having no place of permanent residence.
"a local man, of no fixed address, has been remanded in custody"



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