fixate
UK/fɪkˈseɪt//ˈfɪkseɪt/
fixate verb: to make something fixed and stable; to fix.
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.
- He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done.2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 202
- To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.
fixate meaning in Tamil
fixate in Tamil
- நிலைச்சுட்டு
Forms of fixate
| third-person singular present | fixates |
|---|---|
| present participle | fixating |
| past participle | fixated |
| past | fixated |
Origin of fixate
From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.
Words formed from fixate
Words that rhyme with fixate
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
- crate
Questions about fixate
- What does fixate mean?
- Fixate means to make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- What is fixate in Tamil?
- Fixate in Tamil is நிலைச்சுட்டு. See Fixate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fixate?
- Fixate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fixate?
- Fixate is pronounced /fɪkˈseɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of fixate?
- The past tense of fixate is fixated.
Words near fixate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fixate (page history and authors); fixate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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