Past tense of fixate
regular verb
The past tense of fixate is fixated. The past participle is also fixated.
Forms of fixate
| Base form (V1) | fixate /fɪkˈseɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fixated /fɪkˈseɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fixated /fɪkˈseɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | fixating |
| Third person singular | fixates |
Fixated in a sentence
- I participated in a number of media interviews where journalists fixated on my name.2009, Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry princess
- Giunta became most fixated on the bouquets’ vases: typically baroque handblown Venetian goblets of sap-green glass.2007 June 3, David Colman, “When in the Netherlands...”, in New York Times. From the entry handblown
- And most importantly of all we could build an economy that enables people to flourish, instead of one that is entirely fixated on growth.2016 October 26, Anna Coote, “The fetishisation of work is making us miserable. Let’s learn to live again”, in The Guardian. From the entry fetishise
- It won’t wash this time because Democrats smell blood, because Trump’s own supporters remain fixated and because the president’s refusal to release the Epstein files only adds to the intrigue.2025 September 9, David Smith, “The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry wash
Meaning of fixate
- verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- verb To stare fixedly at something.
- verb To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
Questions about the past tense of fixate
- What is the past tense of fixate?
- The past tense of fixate is fixated.
- What is the past participle of fixate?
- The past participle of fixate is fixated.
- Is fixate a regular or irregular verb?
- Fixate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fixate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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