Definition of "fixed" in English

verb

1. simple past and past participle of fix

adjective

1. Attached; affixed.

2. Unable to move; unmovable.

3. Unable to change or vary.

   • fixed assets
   • I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.
   • Every religion has its own fixed ideas.
   • He looked at me with a fixed glare.

4. Unlikely to change; stable.

5. Supplied with what one needs.

   • She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
   • How are you fixed for money?

6. (law, of sound) 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. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.

10. Repaired.

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