"fixate" meaning in English

See fixate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪkseɪt/ Audio: En-us-fixate.oga Forms: fixates [present, singular, third-person], fixating [participle, present], fixated [participle, past], fixated [past]
Etymology: From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fix|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|fixus|-ate|id2=verb|lang1=la|t1=fixed, solid}} Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)
  1. (transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something fixed and stable; to fix): ֆիքսել (fikʻsel) (Armenian), закрепвам (zakrepvam) (Bulgarian), fixar (Catalan), fikseerata (Finnish), kiinnittää (Finnish), fixieren (German), festmachen (German), befestigen (German), fixa (Romanian), укрепля́ть (ukrepljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), укрепи́ть (ukrepítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), закрепля́ть (zakrepljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), закрепи́ть (zakrepítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), фикси́ровать (fiksírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зафикси́ровать (zafiksírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), fijar (Spanish), fixera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fixate-en-verb-Sv99HmXW Disambiguation of 'to make something fixed and stable; to fix': 99 0 0 0
  2. To stare fixedly at something. Translations (to stare fixedly at something): фиксирам (fiksiram) (Bulgarian), kiinnittää katseensa (Finnish), fixieren (German), seinen Blick heften auf (German), fixa (Romanian), fixar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fixate-en-verb-oL7JGPnf Disambiguation of 'to stare fixedly at something': 0 96 2 1
  3. (intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on] Tags: intransitive Translations (to attend to something to the exclusion of others): спирам се на (spiram se na) (Bulgarian), fiksoitua (Finnish), keskittyä (Finnish), seine volle Aufmerksamkeit schenken (German), sich vollständig konzentrieren (english: auf) (German), koromaki (Maori), fixar (Spanish), afanar[se] (Spanish), obsesionarse (Spanish), fokusera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fixate-en-verb-NHQwTInI Disambiguation of 'to attend to something to the exclusion of others': 0 1 96 3
  4. (intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on] Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner): fiksoitua (Finnish), takertua (Finnish), enteimar (Galician), sich fixieren (english: auf) (German), заци́кливаться (zacíklivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), заци́клиться (zacíklitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), fixar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fixate-en-verb-VGO-C2~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 30 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 9 11 22 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 15 21 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 19 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 6 12 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 9 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 8 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 9 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 8 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 8 16 69 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner': 1 0 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fixatory, refixate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done.",
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        "(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]"
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        "present"
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        "To make something fixed and stable; to fix."
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          "stable"
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          "fix"
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        "(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix."
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        "To stare fixedly at something."
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          "stare"
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        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 202:",
          "text": "He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attend to something to the exclusion of all others."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]"
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
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        "To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on]"
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        "intransitive"
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        "human-sciences",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɪkseɪt/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fikʻsel",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "ֆիքսել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakrepvam",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "закрепвам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fikseerata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "kiinnittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fixieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "festmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "befestigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukrepljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "укрепля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukrepítʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "укрепи́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakrepljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "закрепля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakrepítʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "закрепи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fiksírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "фикси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zafiksírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зафикси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fijar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something fixed and stable; to fix",
      "word": "fixera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fiksiram",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "фиксирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "kiinnittää katseensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "fixieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "seinen Blick heften auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "fixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stare fixedly at something",
      "word": "fixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spiram se na",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "спирам се на"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "fiksoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "keskittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "seine volle Aufmerksamkeit schenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "auf",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "sich vollständig konzentrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "koromaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "fixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "afanar[se]"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "obsesionarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to attend to something to the exclusion of others",
      "word": "fokusera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "word": "fiksoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "word": "takertua"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "word": "enteimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "auf",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "word": "sich fixieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zacíklivatʹsja",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заци́кливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zacíklitʹsja",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заци́клиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner",
      "word": "fixar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fixate"
}

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