fixed

Adjective

fixed (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, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, static

   Antonyms:

   mobile, moveable, movable, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, motile, motive, vagile

3. Unable to change or vary.
   • fixed assets
   • I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Synonyms:

   invariable, bateless, immutable, inalterable, permanent, perma-, perpetual, unabateable, unalterable, unchangeable

   Antonyms:

   variable, abateable, alterable, changeable, dynamic, editable, inconstant, modifiable, mutable

4. Unlikely to change; stable.

   Synonyms:

   stable, consistent, equable, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, regular, samely, steady

   Antonyms:

   volatile, erratic, fluid, chaotic, instable, irregular, random, rocky, unstable, unsteady

   1. Chemically stable.
5. Supplied with what one needs.
   • She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
   • How are you fixed for money?

   Synonyms:

   provided for, well-served

   Antonyms:

   lacking, wanting, absent, awanting, bereft of, deficient of, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, leer

6. 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.
7. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
   • a fixed tomcat
   • the she-cat has been fixed
8. 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.
9. Resolved; corrected.
10. Repaired.

    Synonyms:

    mended, patched

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