fixate, settle on
(verb) become fixed (on); “Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon”
fixate, fix
(verb) make fixed, stable or stationary; “let’s fix the picture to the frame”
fixate
(verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; “The media are fixating on Princess Diana’s death”
fixate
(verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; “He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)
(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
Source: Wiktionary
25 May 2025
(noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
