fixate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
    • He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40
  2. verb pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
    • The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death
  3. verb make fixed, stable or stationary
    fix.
    • let's fix the picture to the frame
  4. verb become fixed (on)
    settle on.
    • Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon

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