fixate

Meaning

  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.
  4. (intransitive) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.

Synonyms

fix
A2
stick
A2
catch
A2
settle on
bear down
belay
30k
bond
B2
bracket
24k
brooch
C2
center
B1
centre
B2
clasp
23k
cling
C2
clutch
C2
concentrate
B2
contemplate
C2
entangle
fasten
C2
focalize
focus
B1
frame
B2
frame up
frap
gaze
C1
hang on
hitch
C1
indent
indenture
infix
join
A2
moor
C2
mortgage
C1
mount
B2
peg
C1
pin
B2
post
B1
reeve
32k
regard
C1
rig
C1
scrutiny
C2
secure
B2
sign on
stake
B2
stare
B2

stick on

strap
C1
tack
C2
toggle

center on

revolve about

Translations

befestigen
fixer
fixar
fixieren
starren

fixer des yeux

fissare
fixeren
staren
encarar

fixar o olhar

fijar

mirar fijamente

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɪkseɪt/
Etymology

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

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