fixate

English

Etymology

From fix +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪkˈseɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkseɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

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.
2. To stare fixedly at something.
3. (intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]
   • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 202:

     He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done.

4. (intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on]

Derived terms

• fixatory
• refixate

Translations

to make something fixed and stable; to fix

Armenian: ֆիքսել (hy) (fikʻsel) Bulgarian: закрепвам (bg) (zakrepvam) Catalan: fixar (ca) Finnish: fikseerata, kiinnittää (fi) German: fixieren (de), festmachen (de), befestigen (de) Romanian: fixa (ro) Russian: укрепля́ть (ru) impf (ukrepljátʹ), укрепи́ть (ru) pf (ukrepítʹ), закрепля́ть (ru) impf (zakrepljátʹ), закрепи́ть (ru) pf (zakrepítʹ), фикси́ровать (ru) impf (fiksírovatʹ), зафикси́ровать (ru) pf (zafiksírovatʹ) Spanish: fijar (es) Swedish: fixera (sv)

to stare fixedly at something

Bulgarian: фиксирам (bg) (fiksiram) Finnish: kiinnittää katseensa German: fixieren (de), seinen Blick heften auf Romanian: fixa (ro) Spanish: fixar

to attend to something to the exclusion of others

Bulgarian: спирам се на (spiram se na) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: fiksoitua, keskittyä (fi) German: seine volle Aufmerksamkeit schenken, sich vollständig konzentrieren (auf) Maori: koromaki Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: fixar, obsesionarse (es), enfocarse (es), encasquetarse (es) (something to someone), afanar (es), afanarse (es) Swedish: fokusera (sv)

psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: fiksoitua, takertua (fi) Galician: enteimar German: sich fixieren (auf) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Russian: заци́кливаться (ru) impf (zacíklivatʹsja), заци́клиться (ru) pf (zacíklitʹsja), запада́ть (ru) impf (zapadátʹ), запа́сть (ru) pf (zapástʹ) Spanish: fixar