different between fixed vs focused

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

fixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

   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.

2. Stationary.
3. Attached; affixed.
5. Chemically stable.
6. Supplied with what one needs.

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

7. (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.

8. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed

9. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
10. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
11. Repaired

Synonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile

Antonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) focussed

Adjective

focused (comparative more focused, superlative most focused)

1. Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
2. Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.

Synonyms

• (directing all one's efforts towards a goal): concentrated, determined, single-minded; see also Thesaurus:focused
• (dealing with narrow aspects): narrow-scope

Antonyms

• (directing all one's efforts towards a goal): distracted
• (dealing with narrow aspects): broad, unfocused

Translations

Verb

focused

1. simple past tense and past participle of focus

Anagrams

• defocus