Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

    fixieren, festmachen, befestigen

    укрепля́тьukrepljátʹ, укрепи́тьukrepítʹ, закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ

    make fixed, stable or stationary

  2. To stare fixedly at something.

    fixieren, seinen Blick heften auf

  3. (intransitive)To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.

    seine volle Aufmerksamkeit schenken, sich vollständig konzentrieren

  4. (intransitive)To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.

    sich fixieren

    заци́кливатьсяzacíklivatʹsja, заци́клитьсяzacíklitʹsja, запада́тьzapadátʹ

    attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Don't fixate on that.

    Не зациклюйся на цьому. — deniko

  2. Tom wants to stop fixating on things.

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  3. Don't always fixate on your selfish plans.

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  4. Why are you so fixated on her?

  5. Why are you so fixated on him?

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to make something fixed and stable; to fix:
psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to make something fixed and stable; to fix:
to stare fixedly at something:
to attend to something to the exclusion of others:
psychology: to attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner:

Origin

From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.

From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.

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Forms

fixates, fixating, fixated, fixated
Base formfixate · to fixate
3rd person singularfixates
Present participlefixating
Past simplefixated
Past participlefixated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfixate
he, she, itfixates

Past simpleLesson

all personsfixated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fixated
he, she, ithas fixated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fixate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • become fixed (on):settle on
  • make fixed, stable or stationary:fix

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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