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

  • (..) It is a burden he should never have had to bear. -We can ask no more of Frodo. -Gandalf,the enemy is moving. Sauron's forces are massing in the East. His Eye is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman,you tell me,has betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin. His treachery runs deeper than you know. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring