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noun
The state or condition of being fixed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being fixed and unchangeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unalterability
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
noun
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness
Antonyms: looseness
Broader terms: immovability, immovableness
Narrower terms: lodgment, lodgement, lodging
noun
remaining in place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: stationariness, immobility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
Narrower terms: rootage
History
Etymology tree English fixed Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fixedness From fixed + -ness.
