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Definition 2024

fixate

fixate

English

Verb

fixate ‎(third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)

To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
(psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner.

Translations

to make something fixed

Bulgarian: закрепвам (bg) ‎(zakrepvam)
Finnish: fikseerata, kiinnittää (fi)

German: fixieren (de), festmachen, befestigen (de)

to stare fixedly

Bulgarian: фиксирам (bg) ‎(fiksiram)
Finnish: kiinnittää (fi) katseensa (fi)

German: fixieren (de)

to attend to the exclusion of others

Bulgarian: спирам се на ‎(spiram se na)

Finnish: fiksoitua, keskittyä (fi)

psychology: to attach oneself to a person

Finnish: fiksoitua, takertua