fixate

fix·ate

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fik-seyt]
- /ˈfɪk seɪt/
- /fɪkˈseɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fik-seyt]
- /ˈfɪk seɪt/

Definitions of fixate word

verb with object fixate to fix; make stable or stationary. 1
verb without object fixate to become fixed. 1
verb without object fixate Psychoanalysis. to develop a fixation; suffer an arrest in one's emotional or sexual development. 1
noun fixate Cause (someone) to acquire an obsessive attachment to someone or something. 1
intransitive verb fixate be obsessed 1
transitive verb fixate focus on 1

See all 17 definitions of fixate

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Origin of fixate

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

1880-85; < Latin fix(us) fixed, firm (see fix) + -ate1

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Parts of speech for Fixate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fixate

fixate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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Synonyms for fixate

verb fixate

haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
obsess — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
infatuate — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
zero in on — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.

All 6 Synonyms of fixate