how to pronounce fixation

/fɪkˈsɛɪʃən/

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fixation is pronounced in three syllables

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fɪksɛɪʃən

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

“… intense fixation that simply doesn't …”

meanings of fixation

noun:

  1. The act of fixing.
  2. Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
  3. A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
  4. The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
  5. The state of being fixed or fixated.
  6. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
  7. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
  8. In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.

fixation frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fixation occurs in english on average 0.8 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 fixation 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 fixation can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

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