Word Study
fixate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb fixate has 4 senses
- fixate(v = verb.social) Array - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" is one way to attach, bind, bond, tie
- fixate(v = verb.perception) Array - pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death" is one way to advert, attend, give ear, hang, pay heed
- fixate(v = verb.change) fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" is one way to attach
- fixate(v = verb.change) settle on - become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon" is one way to freeze, stop dead
Derived form noun fixation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun fixation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun fixation4, noun fixation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fixate, v.tr.
1 direct one's gaze on.
2 Psychol. a (usu. in passive; often foll. by on, upon) cause (a person) to acquire an abnormal attachment to persons or things (was fixated on his son). b arrest (part of the libido) at an immature stage, causing such attachment.
1 direct one's gaze on.
2 Psychol. a (usu. in passive; often foll. by on, upon) cause (a person) to acquire an abnormal attachment to persons or things (was fixated on his son). b arrest (part of the libido) at an immature stage, causing such attachment.
Etymology
L fixus (see FIX) + -ATE(3)
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