fixate
fix
ˈfÉĒk
fik
ate
ˌseÉĒt
seit
/fˈÉĒkse‍ÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fixate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to focus or concentrate one's gaze on something or someone
Transitive: to fixate one's gaze on a specific point
Intransitive: to fixate on a specific point
to fixate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the test, the trainer asked him to fixate on the red light for several seconds.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āϏ⧇āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻžāϞ āφāϞ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to excessively focus on one thing, to the point of obsession, making it difficult to think about other things
Intransitive: to fixate on sth
to fixate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the argument, he could n't help but fixate on the harsh words that were said.
āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āφāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become overly focused or obsessed with someone, often in an unhealthy way
Intransitive: to fixate on sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could n't stop fixating on him during the meeting.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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