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заци́кливаться — meaning in English

zatsiklivatsya

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English meaning

  • fixate verb To make something firm and settled in place.
  • obsess verb To think about someone or something constantly, to the point where it takes over your mind.

Senses

заци́кливаться is used for these senses in English:

  • fixate (intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on]
  • obsess (passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

fixate — full definition

  1. verb To make something firm and settled in place.
  2. verb To look steadily at something without looking away.
  3. verb To focus on one thing so much that nothing else gets any attention.
  4. verb To become obsessively and unhealthily attached to a person or thing.
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закрепи́ть закрепля́ть зафикси́ровать укрепи́ть укрепля́ть фикси́ровать запа́сть запада́ть заци́клиться завладе́ть завладева́ть