Definition of fixed in English English dictionary
- Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same
He looked at me with a fixed glare.
- Simple past tense and past participle of fix
- Attached; affixed
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- Chemically stable
- Supplied with what one needs
She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- Stationary
- {a} fastened, settled, determined
- Protected from arrest
- If you say that someone has fixed ideas or opinions, you mean that they do not often change their ideas and opinions, although perhaps they should. people who have fixed ideas about things. flexible
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
- "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
- Attacked or punished
- past of fix
- {s} set firmly in place; stabilized; protected or preserved; steady, firm; not volatile (Chemistry); predetermined; illegally prearranged
- Stable; non- volatile
- If someone has a fixed smile on their face, they are smiling even though they do not feel happy or pleased. I had to go through the rest of the evening with a fixed smile on my face
- Of a gambling device or game, crooked, dishonest, or rigged
- Of an animal, spayed or neutered
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e
- directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"
- fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain
- Of a a public election, rigged or altered
- specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location"
- Someone who is of no fixed address, or in British English no fixed abode, does not have a permanent place to live. They are not able to get a job interview because they have no fixed address He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets. see also fix
- You use fixed to describe something which stays the same and does not or cannot vary. They issue a fixed number of shares that trade publicly Tickets will be printed with fixed entry times Many restaurants offer fixed-price menus. = set
- "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes" directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze" (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location" fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain
- Repaired
Tom repaired the broken radio.
- Tom fixed the broken radio.
Tom repaired his bicycle.
- Tom fixed his bicycle.
- Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable
- fixed air
- carbon dioxide
- fixed asset
- Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery
- fixed assets
- the capital property of an organization or business, non-trading business assets
- fixed charge
- an unvarying charge such as rent or property tax
- fixed charges
- plural form of fixed charge
- fixed costs
- a cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; overheads
- fixed disk
- A hard disk
- fixed disks
- plural form of fixed disk
- fixed feast
- an annual celebration that is held on the same calendar date every year, such as Christmas (December 25)
- fixed head coupé
- a four-seated car or coupé with the appearance of a sports car, with a sloping rear and hardtop
- fixed head coupés
- plural form of fixed head coupé
- fixed limit
- A poker game where bets and raises can only be a single size as specified by the rules
- fixed point
- A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.W
- fixed point
- A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer
- fixed point
- Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations
- fixed satellite
- a geostationary satellite
- fixed satellites
- plural form of fixed satellite
- fixed set
- A set which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a set, S, is a fixed set of a function, f, if and only if for all x in S, f(x)=x
- fixed sets
- plural form of fixed set
- fixed star
- Any star that is so distant that its movement, relative to others, is not perceptible; in practice, any star except the Sun
- fixed stars
- plural form of fixed star
- fixed up
- Simple past tense and past participle of fix up
- fixed wave
- A standing wave, or stationary wave
- fixed waves
- plural form of fixed wave
- fixed-gear bicycle
- A bicycle that does not have a freewheel, and only has a single gear ratio
- fixed-point
- Being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point)
- fixed-term contract
- A contract which is valid only for a pre-arranged time
- fixed dialing number
- A service mode of a GSM phone's Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. Numbers are added to the FDN list, and when activated, FDN restricts outgoing calls to only those numbers listed, or to numbers with certain prefixes. A notable exception is that emergency calls to 000, 112, 911, 999 and the like are exempt (and typically require no SIM or even an active service contract). Incoming calls are not affected by FDN mode
- fixed trade spending
- A slotting fee, slotting allowance, pay-to-stay, or fixed trade spending is a fee charged to produce companies or manufacturers by supermarket distributors (retailers) in order to have their product placed on their shelves
- fixed-wing aircraft
- An aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift caused by the vehicle's forward airspeed and the shape of the wings
- fixed arrangement
- (Finans) An agreement to pay an amount that you can afford every month
- fixed penalty
- Fixed sum payable for particular offence
- fixed penalty notice
- Fixed penalty notices (FPNs) were introduced in Britain in the 1950s to deal with minor parking offences. Originally used by police and traffic wardens, their use has extended to other public officials and authorities, as has the range of offences for which they can be used
- fixed point
- In mathematics, a fixed point (sometimes shortened to fixpoint, also known as an invariant point) of a function is a point that is mapped to itself by the function
- fixed-point number
- (Bilgisayar) In computing, a fixed-point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after (and sometimes also before) the radix point (e.g., after the decimal point '.' in English decimal notation). Fixed-point number representation can be compared to the more complicated (and more computationally demanding) floating point number representation
- fixed-term
- Lasting for an agreed period of time
- fixed asset
- Asset held for the purpose of providing or producing goods or services and that is not held for resale in the normal course of business
- fixed asset
- Long-lived property owned by a firm that is used by a firm in the production of its income Tangible fixed assets include real estate, plant, and equipment Intangible fixed assets include patents, trademarks, and customer recognition
- fixed asset
- (real property) refers to the following: Land, grading, other land acquisition costs Roads, sidewalks, other land improvements Buildings Building-related assets Utilities The term "Fixed Asset" does not include foundations and other work necessary for installing Special Tooling, Special Test Equipment or Plant Equipment
- fixed asset
- Fixed-income fund
- fixed asset
- An asset of long-term character such as land, buildings, certain furniture, and other equipment In the private sector, these assets are typically referred to as property, plant, and equipment
- fixed asset
- Tangible property, such as land, buildings, machinery, fixtures, furniture and equipment, used in the operation of a business
- fixed asset
- Tangible assets such as furniture and fixtures, equipment, land, and buildings reflected on the books of a company at cost (cost less depreciation)
- fixed assets
- Those resources recorded on the balance sheet that are long-lived (i e having an economic life greater than one year)
- fixed assets
- Assets that are used to produce revenue and are not intended for sale, such as office furniture, vehicles, real property, building improvements, and factory equipment Also called "long-term" assets
- fixed assets
- Tangible property used in the operations of a business but not expected to be consumed or converted into cash in the ordinary course of events Plant, machinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements comprise the fixed assets of most companies Companies with a lot of fixed assets can be accurately valued with the price-to-book ratio See "Price/Book Value " BACK TO TOP
- fixed base
- A column base that is designed to resist rotation as well as horizontal or vertical movement
- fixed budget
- (Ticaret) A budget tied to a specific volume or level of production, distribution or other activity
- fixed capital
- buildings or machines that a business owns and that can be used for a long time to produce goods
- fixed charge
- expense that must be paid; charges arising out of the maintenance of fixed assets
- fixed charges
- charges that must be paid regularly (by a business or individual) with no connection to the amount of business done (i.e. taxes, rent, etc.)
- fixed cost
- Costs of generation projects incurred regardless of the amount of energy produced Such costs normally include capital costs, the cost of financing construction (in the form of interest) and insurance
- fixed cost
- those costs that tend to remain unchanged even when the volume of sales or output changes Fixed costs can be expressed in algebraic form as Y = a
- fixed cost
- A cost that remains the same regardless of changes in activity levels top
- fixed cost
- A cost that does not vary with usage or throughput of work Examples are a standard term maintenance contract for a server or a corporate software licence (within agreed User limits)
- fixed cost
- a cost that is not immediately affected by changes in the cost driver
- fixed cost
- A cost that is fixed in total for a given period of time and for given production levels
- fixed costs
- Business costs that do not vary with sales volume
- fixed costs
- An expenditure that does not vary with production volume, such as rent, property tax, administrative salaries, etc [APIC]
- fixed costs
- costs that do not vary with the level of output
- fixed costs
- Those costs that do not vary with changes in the number of units produced or sold p 594
- fixed costs
- Costs that do not vary with the level of production, at least in the short run
- fixed costs
- Fixed amounts that do not vary with changes in the volume of sales or production, i e rent, depreciation, interest payments
- fixed costs
- Operation costs that will remain relatively constant for all levels of output
- fixed costs
- - production costs that are not related to the level of production; also referred to as overhead costs
- fixed costs
- Costs which do not vary with the volume of production over the short term
- fixed costs
- Costs that remain the same regardless of how many pieces are printed Copyrighting, photography and design are fixed costs
- fixed costs
- Costs, such as rent, which do not fluctuate in proportion to the level of sales or production
- fixed expenses
- Fixed business costs that do not change with the volume of business, such as rent for business premises, insurance payments, utilities, etc
- fixed frequency monitor
- monitor which only receives display signals in specific groups of frequencies
- fixed him
- got even with him, got revenge on him
- fixed him up with
- succeeded in providing him with something good through use of one's influence and personal connections
- fixed idea
- idea that is firmly in place, clearly established notion, resolute notion
- fixed oil
- A vegetable oil, non-volatile
- fixed oil
- A nonvolatile oil, especially a fatty oil of vegetable origin
- fixed point
- 1 Positional notation in which corresponding places in different quantities are occupied by coefficients of the same power of the base Contrast to floating point
- fixed point
- or defining point - a reproducible standard value, usually derived from a physical property of a pure substance For example the triple point of pure water defines a temperature of 0 010°C
- fixed point
- Number system in which the binary point is fixed or in one place for all representations
- fixed price
- A sale where a particular item is being offered for sale for a known price and there is no auctioning involved For more information about fixed priced items, see How Items are Sold, Working with Showcases and Managing Your Items
- fixed star
- any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
- fixed star
- A star so distant from Earth that its position in relation to other stars appears not to change. Its movements can be measured only by precise observations over long periods of time
- fixed term
- Applies to faculty appointments of fixed duration, usually one year (not tenured or tenure-track)
- fixed up
- taken care of or made comfortable; "went back to work after she got her scraped arm fixed up"
- fixed-income
- (financial) of investments that pay a constant rate of return; "fixed-income investments do not protect an investor in times of rising inflation
- fixed-point notation
- a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
- fixed-term deposits
- deposits whose dates are set in advance
- fix
- To mend, to repair
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
- fix
- A repair or corrective action
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- fix
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!.
- fix
- To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
- fix
- To make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortionSutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- fix
- To map a (point or subset) to itself
- fix
- To prepare
She fixed dinner for the kids.
- fix
- To avenge, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant
He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
- fix
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user
Just one fix! -Alain Jourgensen.
- fix
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid
- fix
- A determination of location
We have a fix on your location.
- fix
- To attach, to become attached; to affix
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
- fix
- To purposefully stare at someone
He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, I told you it wouldn't work!.
- fix
- To become acutely focused or obsessed
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
- fix
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
- fixedness
- The state or condition of being fixed
- fix
- {v} to fasten, stick, place, settle, determin
- fixedly
- {a} firmly, invariably, certainly, truly
- fixedness
- {n} steadiness, abode, confinement
- Fix
- remediate
- Fixedness
- fixidity
- fix
- To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite
- fix
- A difficult situation or dilemma
- fix
- To attach; to affix
- fix
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- fix
- You can refer to a solution to a problem as a fix. Many of those changes could just be a temporary fix. see also quick fix
- fix
- Federal Internet Exchange Connection point between the North American governmental internets and the Internet The FIXs are named after their geographic region, as in FIX West (Mountain View, California) and FIX East (College Park, Maryland) See CIX, GIX, and MAE
- fix
- US Federal Information Exchange
- fix
- To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room
- fix
- If someone fixes a gun, camera, or radar on something, they point it at that thing. The US crew fixed its radar on the Turkish ship
- fix
- To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling
- fix
- If you fix something for someone, you arrange for it to happen or you organize it for them. I've fixed it for you to see Bonnie Lachlan It's fixed. He's going to meet us at the airport They thought that their relatives would be able to fix the visas He vanished after you fixed him with a job We fixed for the team to visit our headquarters They'd fixed yesterday that Mike'd be in late today
- fix
- To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant, usually before the content happens
- fix
- money is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- fix
- take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
- fix
- If you fix a problem or a bad situation, you deal with it and make it satisfactory. It's not too late to fix the problem, although time is clearly getting short Fixing a 40-year-old wrong does not mean, however, that history can be undone
- fix
- cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
- fix
- the act of putting something in working order again
- fix
- To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance
- fix
- To prepare. He fixed dinner for the kids
- fix
- You can use fix to refer to an amount of something which a person gets or wants and which helps them physically or psychologically to survive. The trouble with her is she needs her daily fix of publicity. a quick energy fix
- fix
- If you fix some food or a drink for someone, you make it or prepare it for them. Sarah fixed some food for us Let me fix you a drink Scotty stayed behind to fix lunch
- fix
- Financial Information Exchange protocol
- fix
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!
- fix
- If you get a fix on someone or something, you have a clear idea or understanding of them. It's been hard to get a steady fix on what's going on
- fix
- Federal Internet Exchange A connection point between the North American governmental internets and the Internet The FIXs are named after their geographic regions, as in "FIX West" (Mountain View, California) and "FIX East" (College Park, Maryland) See CIX and GIX
- fix
- Federal Internet Exchange, a network of exchange points that interconnect federal government networks
- fix
- If you fix something, for example a date, price, or policy, you decide and say exactly what it will be. He's going to fix a time when I can see him The prices of milk and cereals, are fixed annually. = set
- fix
- An instance of fixing
- fix
- a mix of spirit, lemon, sugar, water and fruit on crushed ice in a highball
- fix
- A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma
- fix
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
- fix
- 1 To find a boat's position by celestial or land observation; 2 A boat's position as marked on a chart, established by taking bearings on two or more known landmark's (visual fix) or two or more radio sources (electronic fix)
- fix
- To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light
- fix
- A measure of your receiver's position quality A fix of 1 is poor, 9 is best
- fix
- To mend or repair
- fix
- If you fix your hair, clothes, or make-up, you arrange or adjust them so you look neat and tidy, showing you have taken care with your appearance. `I've got to fix my hair,' I said and retreated to my bedroom
- fix
- The Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol is a messaging standard developed for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactional data between institutional investors and broker-dealers
- fix
- A known position, obtained by sighting of objects of known position and applying their bearings from your position, or by close proximity to the known location itself, or by application of other ingenious methods developed over the centuries by sailors and mathematicians
- fix
- A change made in a computer program to correct a bug See BUG
- fix
- vi [to mend/repair (Can you ~ these shoes?)] memperbaiki (baik)
- fix
- a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
- fix
- vulnerabilities with automated remediation
- fix
- Financial Information Exchange, a proposed standard for communicating order and trade information between investors and brokers
- fix
- If you say that you are fixing to do something, you mean that you are planning or intending to do it. I'm fixing to go to graduate school see also fixed, fixings
- fix
- Old English term for a gerb that is not a turning case Very often these gerbs had a "bounce"
- fix
- disapproval If you accuse someone of fixing prices, you accuse them of making unfair arrangements to charge a particular price for something, rather than allowing market forces to decide it. a suspected cartel that had fixed the price of steel for the construction market The company is currently in dispute with the government over price fixing
- fix
- set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
- fix
- I'm in a fix A predicament The allusion is to machinery which will not move The Northumberland was in a terrible fix at the launch, when it refused to leave the dock (1866 )
- fix
- In navigation, a relatively accurate position determined without reference to any former position It may be classed as visual, sonic, celestial, electronic, radio, hyperbolic, loran, radar, etc , depending upon the means of establishing it
- fix
- make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
- fix
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- fix
- an exemption granted after influence (e g , money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- fix
- disapproval If someone fixes a race, election, contest, or other event, they make unfair or illegal arrangements or use deception to affect the result. They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes this week's report of match-fixing. = rig Fix is also a noun. It's all a fix, a deal they've made
- fix
- The position of a boat recorded in coordinates or bearings
- fix
- To map (a point or subset) to itself
- fix
- A serving of an addictive drug to an addict
- fix
- money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate" informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!
- fix
- prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
- fix
- {i} embarrassing situation, predicament (Slang); location, position (i.e. of a ship or individual); clear understanding; dose of a narcotic drug or something which is strongly desired (Slang)
- fix
- informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
- fix
- If someone or something is fixed in your mind, you remember them well, for example because they are very important, interesting, or unusual. Leonard was now fixed in his mind Amy watched the child's intent face eagerly, trying to fix it in her mind
- fix
- n ,v What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored
- fix
- If you fix your eyes on someone or something or if your eyes fix on them, you look at them with complete attention. She fixes her steel-blue eyes on an unsuspecting local official Her soft brown eyes fixed on Kelly The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him
- fix
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest
- fix
- If you fix something which is damaged or which does not work properly, you repair it. He cannot fix the electricity If something is broken, we get it fixed. = mend
- fix
- A position determined without reference to any former position; the common intersection of two or more lines of position obtained from simultaneous observations The accuracy, or quality of a fix, is of great importance, especially in coastal waters, and is dependent on a number of factors
- fix
- 1 The estimated position of a boat 2 The true position a boat and its crew in are in most of the time
- fix
- A location obtained by surveying or astronomical observations and indicated on a map as the point from which the observations were made
- fix
- To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker
- fix
- make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
- fix
- To make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
- fix
- put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
- fix
- A tactical obstacle intent to focus fire planning and obstacle effort to slow an attacker within a specified area, normally EA Obstacle and fires are planned in depth and build with intensity to complete the enemy's destruction within the specified area The fix intent is conveyed using the fix graphic
- fix
- To render an animal (especially a pet) infertile
- fix
- Fixed; solidified
- fix
- To transfix; to pierce
- fix
- an exemption granted after influence e
- fix
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
- fix
- fettling
- fix
- An injection of an addictive drug such as heroin can be referred to as a fix
- fix
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
- fix
- Formulary Information Exchange - Internet access to drug information software and hardcopy documentation
- fix
- {f} determine; set firmly; stabilize; arrange; repair; prepare; attract; focus on; illegally influence the outcome of; take care of (Slang); spay, castrate
- fix
- an unfortunate result caused by happenstance or undeservedly rewarded poor performance by the opponents
- fix
- If something is fixed somewhere, it is attached there firmly or securely. It is fixed on the wall He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle. = fasten