how to pronounce fixate

/ˈfɪkˌsɛɪt/

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fixate is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of fixate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hyper fixate on they spend a significant …”

meanings of fixate

verb:

To stare fixedly at something.
To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.

fixate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fixate occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics fixate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that fixate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;