fixate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪkseɪt/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /fɪkˈseɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.
Meanings
- (transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- To stare fixedly at something.
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(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done.
2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 202:
- (intransitive) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fixated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fixates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fixating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (52)
cmn 痴迷 (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · mi koromaki (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · cmn 執著 /执著 (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · bg спирам се на (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · cmn 專注於 /专注于 (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · de sich vollständig konzentrieren (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · fi kiinnittää katseensa (to stare fixedly at something) · es fijar (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · de seinen Blick heften auf (to stare fixedly at something) · de festmachen (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · cmn 注視 /注视 (to stare fixedly at something) · gl enteimar (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · de fixieren (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ro fixa (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · es encasquetársele (a) (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · sv fokusera (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · es tener una fijación (con/por) (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · de befestigen (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · fi kiinnittää (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · cmn 全神貫注 /全神贯注 (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · fi keskittyä (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · sv fixera (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ru закрепи́ть (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ru заци́клиться (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · fi fikseerata (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · cmn 專心致志 /专心致志 (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · ru зафикси́ровать (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · de fixieren (to stare fixedly at something) · ru укрепи́ть (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · es estar topado (por/con) (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · es afanar (por/en) (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · es afanarse (por/en) (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · bg закрепвам (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · cmn 使穩定 /使稳定 (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · de seine volle Aufmerksamkeit schenken (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · fi fiksoitua (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · ru укрепля́ть (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · de sich fixieren (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · fi fiksoitua (to attend to something to the exclusion of others) · cmn 確立 /确立 (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · hy ֆիքսել (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · cmn 固定 (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ca fixar (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ru фикси́ровать (to make something fixed and stable; to fix) · ru запа́сть (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · ru заци́кливаться (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · bg фиксирам (to stare fixedly at something) · fi takertua (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · ro fixa (to stare fixedly at something) · cmn 凝視 /凝视 (to stare fixedly at something) · ru запада́ть (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner) · ru закрепля́ть (to make something fixed and stable; to fix)