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fixate.

To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɪkˈseɪt/UK/ˈfɪkseɪt/US
  1. To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

    transitive
  2. To stare fixedly at something.

  3. To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.

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

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.