"fixate" meaning in English

See fixate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪkseɪt/ Audio: en-us-fixate.oga [US] Forms: fixate [canonical], fixates [third-person, singular], fixated [past], fixated [past, participle], fixating [present, participle]
Etymology: fix + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|fix|ate}} fix + -ate Head templates: {{verb|fixat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you fixate on something, you make it fixed and stable.
    Sense id: simple-fixate-en-verb-3xmmoVYU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ate
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