fixate C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈfɪkseɪt/ UK /fɪkˈseɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to direct attention obsessively, or to make stable He tends to fixate on tiny flaws and ignore the whole. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to direct attention... obsessfocusfixconcentratestabilize Word family Derived forms fixationfixated Related forms fixfixedfixtureaffix Etymology AI details From Latin fixus, past participle of figere ('to fasten, fix') + -ate; figere is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ('to stick, fix'). figere Latin *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Mind & Cognition Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fixate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈfɪkseɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /fɪkˈseɪt/ ## Meanings 1. to direct attention obsessively, or to make stable ## Examples - He tends to fixate on tiny flaws and ignore the whole. ## Synonyms - obsess - focus - fix - concentrate - stabilize ## Derived Forms - fixation - fixated ## Related Forms - fix - fixed - fixture - affix ## Roots and Affixes - Root: figere - Root: *dʰeygʷ- ## Etymology From Latin fixus, past participle of figere ('to fasten, fix') + -ate; figere is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ('to stick, fix'). ## AI Etymology Fixate comes from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ('to fasten, fix') + -ate; figere is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ('to stick, fix'). The etymological trail includes Latin figere and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. As a verb, fixate means to direct attention obsessively, or to make stable. The same family is visible in derived forms such as fixation and fixated and related forms such as fix, fixed, fixture, and affix. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown