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Definition: Fixate |
FixateVerb1. Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame". 2. Become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: FixateSynonyms: fix (v), settle on (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fixate |
| English words defined with "fixate": stare. (references) |
| "Fixate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Fixate" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fixate | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fixate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | фиксирам (fix), закрепвам (embed, fix, imbed, implant, make fast, poise, underset). (various references) | |
Chinese | 固定 (FIX, fixed, fixedly, immobile, immobilise, immobilize, immobilizing, immovable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixatefay.(various references) | |
Swedish | fixera (fix, peg down, stare hard at). (various references) | |
Turkish | yapıştırmak (affix, agglutinate, apply, bond, cement, conglutinate, fix, glue, gum, gunk up, paste, plant, post, post up, stick, stick together), takmak (affix, attach, bother, fix, give a damn, hang, hang on, hitch, hook, infix, set, snag, stick, stock, string, thread, wear), sabitleştirmek (determine), katılaştırmak (concrete, deaden, harden, indurate, ossify, sear, sinter, solidify, stiffen, toughen), gözlerini dikmek (rivet one's eyes on, stare, stare at), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fixate": fixated, fixates. (additional references) | |
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"Fixate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faisait, fiata, fiate, fidate, Fidatov, figata, filate, Finarte, finate, fixa, fixat, fixator, fixiate, Fixits, Fixot, foxite, Fucksake. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fixate" (pronounced fi"ksā't) |
| 4 | -k s ā' t | methotrexate. |
| 3 | -s ā' t | compensate, condensate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-t-x" | |
-1 letter: axite. | |
-2 letters: exit, fate, feat, feta, fiat, fixt, taxi. | |
-3 letters: aft, ait, ate, axe, eat, eft, eta, fat, fax, fet, fie, fit, fix, tae, tax, tea, tie. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, at, ax, ef, et, ex, fa, if, it, ta, ti, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-t-x" | |
+1 letter: antefix, fixated, fixates. | |
+2 letters: antefixa, fixative, flaxiest. | |
+3 letters: affixment, antefixae, antefixes, exfoliate, fixatives, tamoxifen. | |
+4 letters: affixments, exfoliated, exfoliates, tamoxifens, transfixed, transfixes. | |
+5 letters: exfoliating, exfoliation, exfoliative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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