rooted

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Bill Gates (and the difference being that Microsoft was so huge and firmly rooted that he could hand it off).

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Quick take

Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rooted gathered in one view.

adjective

Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

adjective

Having roots, or a certain type of roots.

adjective

(figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rooted.

adjective

Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

See also: stock-still, frozen

adjective

Having roots, or a certain type of roots.

See also: stock-still, frozen

adjective

(figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.

See also: stock-still, frozen

adjective

(figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).

See also: stock-still, frozen

Example sentences

Bill Gates (and the difference being that Microsoft was so huge and firmly rooted that he could hand it off).

And the notion that black lives, black bodies, and black wealth were rightful targets remained deeply rooted in the broader society.

As with CM, it has a few extra settings and it can be rooted.

SQL is rooted in set theory and other pieces of immortal mathematical truth.

So Ask HN: Where is the macroeconomics rooted in scientific principles and empiricism?

OP's doubt on the subject was rooted in a misunderstanding of unix philosophy.

You do make a very good point about existing and deeply rooted suspicions held by minorities, the cause of which is certainly worth reflection.

The underlying algorithms utilized are themselves are heavily rooted in biological intelligence.

Upshot: usenet clients remained rooted in the early 1990s at best.

Many of their business practices were rooted in organized crime.

The original decision is often rooted in racial profiling.

There are a lot of other great things about it, but the fact that it allows installation of extensions (and therefore allows adblocking for non-rooted devices) is huge.

Quote examples

Or they rooted a machine that you were using "ssh -A" on to forward your agent, and have been able to temporarily hijack your SSH agent session.

If "pride" means doing childish things like the slowdown in New York last year, or apparently not investigating drive by shootings in Baltimore because the protesters hurt their feelings, then that pride needs to be ruthlessly rooted out and destroyed.