different between fixed vs steadfast
fixed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
fixed
- simple past tense and past participle of fix
Adjective
fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)
- 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.
- Stationary.
- Attached; affixed.
- Chemically stable.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- (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.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
- a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- 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
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steadfast
English
Alternative forms
- stedfast (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) +? fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfastur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Norwegian Bokmål stadfeste (“confirm, ratify; establish”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?st?dfæst/
Adjective
steadfast (comparative steadfaster or more steadfast, superlative steadfastest or most steadfast)
- Fixed or unchanging; steady.
- Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
Derived terms
- steadfastly
- steadfastness
Translations
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