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fixate
fix·ate F0155000 (fĭk′sāt′)v. fix·at·ed, fix·at·ing, fix·ates v.tr.1. a. To cause (a person or the eyes) to look at or pay attention to something steadily: "My eyes were fixated on his playful, deep-set brown eyes" (Bernard Lown).b. To focus one's eyes or attention on: "When you fixate the closer of the two fingers, the one further away is seen double" (Robert F. Schmidt and Gerhard Thews).2. To command the attention of exclusively or repeatedly; preoccupy obsessively: "TV and newspapers were fixated on high-technology as the solution to almost everything" (Jay Walljasper).3. Psychology a. To cause to become emotionally attached in an immature or pathological manner.b. In classical psychoanalysis, to cause (the libido) to be arrested at an early stage of psychosexual development.v.intr.1. To focus the eyes or attention.2. Psychology a. To become attached to a person or thing in an immature or pathological way; form a fixation.b. To be arrested at an early stage of psychosexual development.fixate (ˈfɪkseɪt) vb1. to become or cause to become fixed2. 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 eyes3. (Psychology) psychol to engage in fixation4. (tr; usually passive) informal to obsess or preoccupy[C19: from Latin fixus fixed + -ate1]fix•ate (ˈfɪk seɪt) v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t. 1. to fix; make stable or stationary. 2. to concentrate one's attention on. v.i. 3. to concentrate one's attention (often followed by on). 4. to develop a fixation. [1880–85; < Latin fix(us) fixed, firm (see fix) + -ate1] fixate Past participle: fixated Gerund: fixating
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I fixate | you fixate | he/she/it fixates | we fixate | you fixate | they fixate |
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I fixated | you fixated | he/she/it fixated | we fixated | you fixated | they fixated |
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I am fixating | you are fixating | he/she/it is fixating | we are fixating | you are fixating | they are fixating |
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I have fixated | you have fixated | he/she/it has fixated | we have fixated | you have fixated | they have fixated |
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I was fixating | you were fixating | he/she/it was fixating | we were fixating | you were fixating | they were fixating |
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I had fixated | you had fixated | he/she/it had fixated | we had fixated | you had fixated | they had fixated |
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I will fixate | you will fixate | he/she/it will fixate | we will fixate | you will fixate | they will fixate |
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I will have fixated | you will have fixated | he/she/it will have fixated | we will have fixated | you will have fixated | they will have fixated |
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I will be fixating | you will be fixating | he/she/it will be fixating | we will be fixating | you will be fixating | they will be fixating |
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I have been fixating | you have been fixating | he/she/it has been fixating | we have been fixating | you have been fixating | they have been fixating |
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I will have been fixating | you will have been fixating | he/she/it will have been fixating | we will have been fixating | you will have been fixating | they will have been fixating |
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I had been fixating | you had been fixating | he/she/it had been fixating | we had been fixating | you had been fixating | they had been fixating |
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I would fixate | you would fixate | he/she/it would fixate | we would fixate | you would fixate | they would fixate |
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I would have fixated | you would have fixated | he/she/it would have fixated | we would have fixated | you would have fixated | they would have fixated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | fixate - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"bind, bond, attach, tie - create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" | | 2. | fixate - pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"advert, give ear, pay heed, attend, hang - give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" | | 3. | fixate - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"fixattach - cause to be attached | | 4. | fixate - become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"settle onfreeze, stop dead - stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" | Translationsfixate
fixateTo close. The term often refers to closing a track-at-once session on a CD-R disc. See disc fixation.fixate
Synonyms for fixateverb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic wayRelated Wordsverb pay attention to exclusively and obsessivelyRelated Words- advert
- give ear
- pay heed
- attend
- hang
verb make fixed, stable or stationarySynonymsRelated Wordsverb become fixed (on)SynonymsRelated Words |