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   fix·ate

   /ˈfikˌsāt/

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to acquire an obsessive attachment to someone or something: "she has for some time been fixated on photography"
   • ▪ acquire an obsessive attachment to: "it is important not to fixate on animosity"
   • ▪ (in Freudian theory) arrest (a person or their libidinal energy) at an immature stage, causing an obsessive attachment: "an individual may have been fixated at one stage of development"
   • 2. direct one's eyes toward: technical "subjects fixated a central point"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Latin fixus, past participle of figere (see fix) + -ate3.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fixateFixate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively. 2. : to undergo arrestment at a stage of development. Examples of fixate in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web People are still fixated about the interest rate moves.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFIXATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to think about something too much and find it difficult to stop: fixate on High achievers sometimes fixate on their own flaws. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about. absorbed. axe. be devoured by something idiom. be hung up on something idiom. be wrapped up in something/someone idiom. brain. devour. fetishize.

4. www.thefreedictionary.com › fixatingFixating - definition of fixating by The Free Dictionary

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   Fixating means to focus one's eyes or attention on something, or to become emotionally attached to a person or thing in an immature or pathological way. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples from various sources.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFIXATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to think about something too much and find it difficult to stop: fixate on High achievers sometimes fixate on their own flaws. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about. absorb. absorbed. axe. be devoured by something idiom. be hung up on something idiom.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fixateFixate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If you fixate on something, you become overly focused on it or attached to it. Don't fixate on your grades — try to enjoy the process of learning! While the original 19th century meaning of fixate was "make stable," it soon came to mean "gaze upon."

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   verb. to become or cause to become fixed. to direct the eye or eyes at a point in space so that the image of the point falls on the centre (fovea) of the eye or eyes. psychol to engage in fixation. informal. tr; usually passive to obsess or preoccupy.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › fixateFixate - definition of fixate by The Free Dictionary

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   Fixate means to cause or direct one's eyes or attention to something steadily, or to become obsessed or preoccupied with something. See different sources, synonyms, translations and usage examples of fixate.