fixed
adjective
uk/fɪkst/us/fɪkst/fixedadjective(NOT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE)
B2
arrangedordecidedalready and notableto bechanged:
确定的；不能变的a fixedprice固定价格
fixedinterestrates固定利率
Is thedateof theweddingfixedyet?婚礼日期确定了吗？
staying the same
- constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
- the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
- same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
- unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
- unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.
usuallydisapproving
A fixedideais one that someone is notwillingtochange:
She said, "There is nothingworsethan a man who has fixedideasabout what a woman can and cannot do."
Ourimageof what aleaderlookslike can sometimes be very fixed.
Synonyms
inflexible
rigid
- Do youpayyourmortgageon a fixed orvariablerate?
- There's no fixedroutineatwork- everydayis different.
- We can stillrearrangethedatesofourholiday. Nothing is fixedyet.
- Heagreedto do theworkfor a fixedprice.
- Scientists said they had no fixedideaof where theprobeshouldland.
- Theyfindthemselvesbattlinga very fixedculture.
Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spotsidiom
- be no hard and fast rulesidiom
- burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
- congenital
- continuity
- deep-seated
- incurably
- inelastic
- inelasticity
- inflexible
- ingrain
- irreversibly
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- leopard
- unalterable
- unchangeable
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- unredeemable
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Strong-willed
fixedadjective(NOT MOVING)
notmovingorableto bemovedfromitsposition:
Guidestarsare fixedpointsinspaceused tokeepatelescopeinposition.
It canhelpyourbalanceif youkeepyoureyeson a fixedobject.
(of alookor someone'seyes) notmovingfrom aparticularpoint:
Shefrightenedheryoungersiblingswith a fixedstare.
Hiseyeswerecompletelyfixedonthefood.
- Thesculptureconsists of anumberofwoodenpiecesconnectedwithmetal,resemblingamobilebut fixed.
- Theystartwith amobileMRIunitinsteadofinvestingin a moreexpensivefixedmachine.
- Speedcameras, bothmobileand fixed, aredeployedtocatchoffenders.
- The newvenuewill be all fixedseating.
- Shekepthereyesfixed on thescreeninfrontof her.
Keeping and staying the same
- anti-progressive
- calcification
- calcify
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- hover
- invariant
- inveteracy
- leave well aloneidiom
- left
- level off
- peg
- stabilization
- stabilize
- stably
- stay
- steadfast
- wallow
- wouldn't have it any other wayidiom
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Using the eyes
fixedadjective(DISHONEST)
(of agame,result, etc.)dishonestlyarrangedso that someone gets theresultthat theywant:
Hecomplainedthat thesystemwas fixed infavourof acertaingroupofpeople.
Severalplayerswerecaughtup in ascandalrelatingto fixedgames.
- He had noideathematchwas fixed.
- There wereconspiracytheoriesinvolvingfixedvotingmachines.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
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Experiencing and suffering
fixedadjective(REPAIRED)
[notusually before noun]
repairedorsolved:
We don't have theproblemcompletelyfixedyet.
- Thecarseemedfixed, but then itbrokedown again.
- Thebridgehas not beenfullyfixed forvehiclesbut it issafeforpedestrians.
- Thesystemisbrokenand we need to get it fixed.
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- refine
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- sortsomethingout
- tinker
fixedadjective(OF ANIMAL)
[notusually before noun]US(UKneutered)
(of ananimal) having hadpartofitssexualorgansremoved, so that it cannotproduceyounganimals:
Manypeoplefindthatdogsbehavebetterwhen they're fixed.
Owners could befinedif they do not gettheiranimalsfixed.
Synonyms
alteredUS
neutered
Compare
castrated
spayed
intact
- She said shewantedto get herdogfixedmonthsago, but was told by avetthat thepetwas tooyoung.
- Shelteranimalsare often fixed early tocomplywithstatelawthatrequirestheprocedurebeforeadoption.
- Thesterilizedcatshave thetipsoftheirearsclippedtodistinguishthem from those that haven't been fixed.
Zoology: veterinary medicine
- altered
- animal doctor
- anti-rabies
- castrate
- castrated
- castration
- cattery
- collar
- distemper
- foam
- lame
- leptospirosis
- mange
- nosema
- putsomethingto sleepidiom
- putsomething/someonedown
- rescue centre
- scour
- veterinary
- veterinary surgeon
Idioms
be of/have no fixed abode/address
how are you fixed forsomething?