fixed

Definition

  • adjective: placed or attached in a way that does not move easily
  • adjective: securely placed or fastened
  • used to describe something that does not change
  • synonyms: stationary

Examples

  • All eyes were 'fixed on' her as she entered the room. [=everyone looked at her as she entered the room]

  • She 'has her hopes fixed on' a career in journalism. [=she hopes/wants to have a career in journalism]

  • All eyes 'fixed on' her as she entered the room. [=everyone looked at her as she entered the room]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair, and the first thing they grab is an iron hook. And they start to pick in an area that you came to get fixed. l found out something about myself while the dentist was doing that. l found out if l was ever paralyzed from the knee down, (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself