English Explanatory Dictionary

hardwired

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Designed to perform a specific task.
  2. Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
  3. Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
  4. Not changeable.
  5. Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
  6. Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of hardwire

Word forms

hardwired more hardwired most hardwired hard wired hard-wired

Etymology

From hard + wired.

Related words

hard code
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