How do you pronounce fixed?

The recorded pronunciation is /fɪkst/.

fixed

/fɪkst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: fixed
IPA: /fɪkst/

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Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of fix

adj

Attached; affixed.

adj

Unable to move; unmovable.

adj

Unable to change or vary.

adj

Unlikely to change; stable.

adj

Unlikely to change; stable.

adj

Supplied with what one needs.

adj

Recorded on a permanent medium.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"
"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."
"She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more fixed (comparative) most fixed (superlative)

Derived Forms

basifixed centrifixed dorsifixed fixedly fixedness fixety nonfixed semifixed unfixed

Phrases

fixed air fixed asset fixed charge fixed cheek fixed cost fixed disc fixed disc drive fixed disk

Frequently Paired Words

broken crooked bribe cardinal mutable

Synonyms

bound connected joined immobile unmoveable unmovable fixed immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless

Antonyms

mobile moveable movable ambulatory animate kinetic motile motive vagile variable abateable alterable

Rhymes With

mixed affixed transfixed betwixt nixed intermixed unmixed mixte