fixed
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
How often you will meet it
Rank 873 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,013 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
- fixed and unmoving also: set, rigid with eyes set in a fixed glassy starehis bearded face already has a set hollow look
- securely placed or fastened or set a fixed piece of wooda fixed resistor
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices" also: frozen frozen pricesliving on fixed incomes
fixed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Reed nodded, his fiery eyes fixed unblinking on the riverman.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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I was sitting up in my chair, pointing, my eyes fixed with surprise.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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The price of passage is fixed at $1,250, currency, for each adult passenger.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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But he inquired here and there, with that patient shrewdness of young people possessed with a fixed idea.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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With her head up and her brown eyes fixed on Phelps gate-way she hurried along--and did not look at him.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1