No. 18,176 in Russian
циклиться
To fixate or obsess over something repeatedly.
In a sentence
Не стоит циклиться на негативных мыслях.
You should not obsess about negative thoughts.
In this sentence, 'циклиться' means to obsess or overly focus on something, often a recurring pattern or thought.
Программа начала циклиться и не реагировать.
The program started looping and became unresponsive.
Here, 'циклиться' describes a technical issue where a program enters a repetitive loop, causing it to stall or not respond.
Он так циклился на деталях, что упустил суть проекта.
He got so fixated on the details that he missed the essence of the project.
In this context, 'циклиться' refers to an individual's tendency to over-focus or fixate on specific aspects, which might detract from understanding the broader picture.
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