Fixate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 4
Become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon, a distant memory slowly resurfacing in her mind.
- The detective's gaze fixated on the small detail in the photograph that everyone else had missed.
- As he practiced the piano piece, his fingers began to fixate on a particular section that still needed work.
- Her attention fixated on the tall figure standing by the door, trying to place where she had seen him before.
- The crowd's eyes fixated on the door as they waited anxiously for the celebrity to arrive.