fixate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40
Types & categories
- bond hypernym
Related & opposite
- fixation derivation
Sense 2 verb
pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death
Types & categories
- advert hypernym
Related & opposite
- fixation derivation
Sense 3 verb
make fixed, stable or stationary
let's fix the picture to the frame
Types & categories
- attach hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become fixed (on)
Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon
Types & categories
- freeze hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bond |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | advert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | freeze |