Meaning of за- | Babel Free

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1. to begin doing (an action; the onset of an action)
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2. to begin doing something gradually (slow, progressive development of an action or state)
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3. to achieve a direct result (bringing an action to a concrete outcome)
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4. to enter a state (becoming what is expressed by the base word)
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5. to cause someone or something to become a certain way (making an object acquire the quality expressed by the base word)
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6. over, around, or on the surface (performing the action over or around an object)
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7. to attach, fasten, or connect (joining or fixing one thing to another)
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8. towards or beyond a boundary (directing an action across a limit or threshold)
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9. to divert or turn aside (changing the direction of an action)
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10. to reverse the result of an action (bringing about an effect opposite to that of the base verb)
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11. to do something intensely or for a long time (prolonged or deepened engagement in an action)
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12. perfectivizes verbs (forms the perfective aspect without changing the base meaning)
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