Get to know Fixate better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like attach or freeze.
Fixate meaning
- To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
- To stare fixedly at something.
- To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
Synonyms of Fixate
Using Fixate
- The main meaning on this page is: To make something fixed and stable; to fix. | To stare fixedly at something. | To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
- Useful related words include: attach, freeze, settle on, fix.
- In the example corpus, fixate often appears in combinations such as: fixate on, to fixate, and fixate.
Context around Fixate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fixate
- In this selection, "fixate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, definitely, people, movements and upon stand out and add context to how "fixate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include analysis to fixate only on and arkansans to fixate on just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fixate" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fixate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But it would be deficient analysis to fixate only on domestic developments. (12 words)
People question why we fixate on Mcllroy but his career demands it. (12 words)
As she complains about the New York pollution, I fixate on the windowsill. (13 words)
But they don’t fixate on the records, and neither does manager Rocco Baldelli, who has said before that once the season is over, he will be able to look back and fully appreciate his team’s accomplishments. (38 words)
Here is a party controlling the local council and the government, yet the Conservatives have nothing positive to say, barely mention the C-word on their leaflets and fixate on the threats posed by Mayor Khan. (36 words)
It is unusual for presidents to fixate on domestic issues while overseas on a state visit, but Mr. Trump has veered from that tradition so much that it has come to be expected. (33 words)
Sir: Matthew Parris is spot-on in identifying those who fixate on politics when they would do better sorting out their own problems (‘Obsessed with politics? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
But it would be deficient analysis to fixate only on domestic developments.
He added: “Ballas needs to remember that whilst it is easy to fixate on negative comments, there is huge amounts of positivity online too.
Here is a party controlling the local council and the government, yet the Conservatives have nothing positive to say, barely mention the C-word on their leaflets and fixate on the threats posed by Mayor Khan.
And while it is easy to fixate on their first grade travails, Boyce said 2024 was still a season to celebrate for North Tamworth.
As she complains about the New York pollution, I fixate on the windowsill.
But when the 37-year-old Edmonton entrepreneur, who goes by NiLo, inquired about a commercial mortgage, she didn't expect the conversation would fixate on a derogatory racial term.
It is unusual for presidents to fixate on domestic issues while overseas on a state visit, but Mr. Trump has veered from that tradition so much that it has come to be expected.
As Northwest Arkansas has grown in size and influence, it’s become fashionable for Arkansans — especially native Arkansans — to fixate on just how different these two places are.
But they don’t fixate on the records, and neither does manager Rocco Baldelli, who has said before that once the season is over, he will be able to look back and fully appreciate his team’s accomplishments.
People question why we fixate on Mcllroy but his career demands it.
The 33-year-old accused journalists of constantly turning a blind eye to all his good works but fixate on his controversies.
There isn’t always an expiration date on good ideas, and maybe not on entrepreneurs, but VCs definitely fixate on the young and new.
The Wiggle It rapper seemed to fixate on the Glow actresses chest leading Twitter users to call him out.
Valdiviez said he did not want to fixate on a specific style and leave it open ended, to just see what happens.
Wendy and Bill get increasingly worried about Holden’s tendency to go off the rails and fixate.
It’s easy to fixate on a stock’s dividend history or its current yield, but the real value lies in how much that payout can grow in the future.
Likewise, when people fixate on the fertility of migrant women as a panacea to the economic woes of ageing western countries.
Sir: Matthew Parris is spot-on in identifying those who fixate on politics when they would do better sorting out their own problems (‘Obsessed with politics?
Worse, it’s the kind of statement that the Incel, MRA, and Anti-feminist movements fixate upon as keystones of their insipid agenda.
Simpson believed that major evolutionary transitions would arise when small populations—isolated and limited from gene flow—would fixate upon unusual gene combinations.
Common combinations with fixate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fixate on 17×
- to fixate 9×
- and fixate 2×
- would fixate 2×
- fixate upon 2×