"obsess" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英語]

IPA: əbˈsɛs Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obsess.wav Forms: obsesses [third-person, singular, present], obsessing [present, participle], obsessed [past, participle]
  1. (受け身で)(欲望などが)取り付く、付き纏う、頭から離れない。
    Sense id: ja-obsess-en-verb-HIqzOhPe
  2. くよくよ心配する。 Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: ja-obsess-en-verb-PCEb-AsK Categories (other): 英語 口語, 英語 自動詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fixate Related terms: obsession
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          "取",
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