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    fixed
    [fikst]
    adjective
    fixed (adjective)
    1. fastened securely in position:
      "a fixed iron ladder down the port side"
      • (of a person's expression) held for a long time without changing, especially to conceal other feelings:
        "a fixed smile"
    2. (especially of a price, rate, or time) predetermined and not subject to or able to be changed:
      "most trusts locked investors in for a fixed period"
      • (of a view or idea) held inflexibly:
        "the fixed assumptions of the Cold War"
    3. informal
      (of a sports contest) having the outcome dishonestly predetermined:
      "the fight's fixed—the ref has your card marked"
    4. informal
      (fixed for)
      situated with regard to:
      "how's the club fixed for money now?"
    fix
    [fiks]
    verb
    fixed (past tense) · fixed (past participle)
    1. fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:
      "fix the clamp on a rail" · "the upper jaw of an amphibian is firmly fixed to the skull" · "he turned back to fix the scene in his mind"
      • (fix something on/upon)
        direct one's eyes, mind, or attention steadily or unwaveringly toward:
        "I fixed my attention on the tower"
      • (fix on/upon)
        (of a person's eyes, attention, or mind) be directed steadily or unwaveringly toward:
        "her gaze fixed on Jess"
      • (fix someone with)
        look at someone unwaveringly:
        "she fixed her nephew with an unwavering stare"
    2. decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.):
      "no date has yet been fixed for a hearing" · "the rent will be fixed at $600 a month" · "their thinking then seemed fixed on conventional projects"
      • establish the exact location of (something) by using radar or visual bearings or astronomical observation:
        "having made landfall, he fixed his position"
      • settle the form of (a language).
      • assign or determine (a person's liability or responsibility) for legal purposes:
        "there are no facts that fix the defendant with liability"
    3. mend or repair:
      "you should fix that shelf"
      • (fix something up)
        do the necessary work to improve or adapt something:
        "we want to fix up the house before we sell it"
      • informal
        restore order or tidiness to (something, especially one's hair, clothes, or makeup):
        "Laura was fixing her hair"
    4. make arrangements for (something); organize:
      "I've fixed it for you to see him on Thursday" · "he's sent her on ahead to fix things up"
      • informal
        (fix someone up)
        arrange for someone to have something; provide someone with something:
        "I'll fix you up with a room"
      • informal
        (fix someone up)
        arrange for someone to meet or go out with someone in order to help them establish a romantic relationship.
      • informal
        prepare or arrange for the provision of (food or drink):
        "Ruth fixed herself a cold drink" · "they were fixing him breakfast"
      • US ENGLISH
        dialect
        (be fixing to do something)
        be intending or planning to do something:
        "you're fixing to get into trouble"
    5. make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent:
      "he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate"
      • biology
        preserve or stabilize (a specimen) with a chemical substance prior to microscopy or other examination:
        "specimens were fixed in buffered formalin"
      • (of a plant or microorganism) assimilate (nitrogen or carbon dioxide) by forming a nongaseous compound:
        "lupins fix gaseous nitrogen in their root nodules"
    6. informal
      influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, contest, or election) by illegal or underhanded means:
      "the foundation denies fixing races"
      • put (an enemy or rival) out of action, especially by killing them:
        "don't you tell nobody, or I'll fix you good!"
    7. informal
      take an injection of a narcotic drug.
    8. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
    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.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    adjective
    1. fastened securely in position:
      fastened
      secure
      fast
      firm
      stable
      rooted
      riveted
      moored
      anchored
      permanent
      Opposite:
      temporary
    2. (especially of a price, rate, or time) predetermined and not subject to or able to be changed:
      predetermined
      set
      established
      allotted
      settled
      prearranged
      arranged
      specified
      decided
      agreed
      determined
      confirmed
      prescribed
      decreed
      definite
      defined
      explicit
      express
      precise
      exact
      inflexible
      unalterable
      unchangeable
      irreversible
      rigid
      hard and fast
      not subject to change
      writ in stone
      Opposite:
      flexible
    verb
    1. fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:
      fasten
      attach
      affix
      secure
      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
      make fast
      Opposite:
      remove
    2. decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.):
      select
      choose
      determine
      settle
      set
      finalize
      arrange
      prearrange
      establish
      allot
      prescribe
      designate
      define
      name
      ordain
      appoint
      specify
      stipulate
      decide on
      resolve on
      arrive at
      • mend or repair:
        repair
        mend
        see to
        restore
        remedy
        rectify
        overhaul
        service
        renovate
        recondition
        rehabilitate
        rebuild
        reconstruct
        refit
        adjust
        fettle
        patch up
        put right
        put to rights
        set right
        get working
        make as good as new
        restore to working order
        put back together
        Opposite:
        break
        damage
      • make arrangements for (something); organize:
        arrange
        organize
        contrive
        sort out
        see to
        see about
        manage
        engineer
        orchestrate
        find a way
        swing
        wangle
        pull strings
        plan
        put together
        mastermind
        choreograph
        make arrangements for
      • make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent:
        set
        make permanent
        make fast
        • influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, contest, or election) by illegal or underhanded means:
          rig
          manipulate
          maneuver
          twist
          influence
          set up
          fiddle
          arrange fraudulently
          prearrange/predetermine the result of
          tamper with
        • take an injection of a narcotic drug.
          shoot up
          mainline
          inject drugs
          take drugs
          get one's fix
        • castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
          castrate
          neuter
          geld
          cut
          emasculate
          spay
          desex
          sterilize
          alter
          doctor
          caponize
          evirate
          eunuchize
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