| mate | (verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | Synonyms: checkmate |
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| (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, pair |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, pair, twin |
| materialise | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialize |
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| materialize | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialise |
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| matriculate | (verb) enroll as a student | - |
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| matte | (verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like | Synonyms: felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte up |
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| matter | (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: count, weigh |
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| maturate | (verb) ripen and generate pus | Synonyms: fester, suppurate |
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| (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: grow, mature |
| (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: age, get on, mature, senesce |
| mature | (verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus | Synonyms: suppurate |
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| (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: grow, maturate |
| (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: age, get on, maturate, senesce |
| (verb) become due for repayment | - |
| (verb) cause to ripen or develop fully | Synonyms: ripen |
| (verb) develop and work out fully in one's mind | - |
| maul | (verb) injure badly by beating | Synonyms: mangle |
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| (verb) split (wood) with a maul and wedges | - |
| maunder | (verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | Synonyms: mumble, mussitate, mutter |
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| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| (verb) wander aimlessly | - |
| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| maximize | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximise |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximise |
| mean | (verb) have in mind as a purpose | Synonyms: intend, think |
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| (verb) intend to refer to | Synonyms: have in mind, think of |
| (verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose | - |
| (verb) mean or intend to express or convey | Synonyms: intend |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, signify, stand for |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: entail, imply |
| (verb) have a specified degree of importance | - |
| meander | (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: thread, wander, weave, wind |
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| measure | (verb) express as a number or measure or quantity | Synonyms: quantify |
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| (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure out, mensurate |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value |
| (verb) have certain dimensions | - |
| mechanise | (verb) make mechanical | Synonyms: mechanize |
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| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine | Synonyms: mechanize |
| (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanize, motorise, motorize |
| mechanize | (verb) make mechanical | Synonyms: mechanise |
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| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine | Synonyms: mechanise |
| (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, motorise, motorize |
| meddle | (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: tamper |
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| mediate | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise |
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| (verb) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others | - |
| medicate | (verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine | Synonyms: medicine |
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| (verb) impregnate with a medicinal substance | - |
| medicine | (verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine | Synonyms: medicate |
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| meditate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| (verb) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | Synonyms: contemplate, study |
| meet | (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: encounter, play, take on |
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| (verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | Synonyms: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy |
| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: adjoin, contact, touch |
| (verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, encounter, run across, run into, see |
| (verb) meet by design; be present at the arrival of | - |
| (verb) undergo or suffer | Synonyms: suffer |
| (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather |
| (verb) get together socially or for a specific purpose | Synonyms: get together |
| (verb) get to know; get acquainted with | - |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: encounter, receive |
| (verb) be adjacent or come together | Synonyms: converge |
| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melanize | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanise |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanise |
| meld | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, merge, mix |
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| (verb) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually | Synonyms: melt |
| (verb) announce for a score; of cards in a card game | - |
| meliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, improve |
| mellow | (verb) make or grow (more) mellow | - |
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| (verb) soften, make mellow | - |
| (verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | Synonyms: mellow out, melt |
| melodise | (verb) supply a melody for | Synonyms: melodize |
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| melodize | (verb) supply a melody for | Synonyms: melodise |
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| melt | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw |
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| (verb) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating | Synonyms: melt down, run |
| (verb) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually | Synonyms: meld |
| (verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | Synonyms: mellow, mellow out |
| (verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly | Synonyms: fade |
| (verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: disappear, evaporate |
| memorialise | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialize |
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| (verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialize |
| memorialize | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialise |
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| (verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialise |
| memorise | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorize |
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| memorize | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorise |
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| menace | (verb) act in a threatening manner | - |
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| (verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture | - |
| (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
| mend | (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, repair, restore, touch on |
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| (verb) heal or recover | Synonyms: heal |
| menstruate | (verb) undergo menstruation | Synonyms: flow |
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| mensurate | (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure, measure out |
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| mention | (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: note, observe, remark |
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| (verb) commend | Synonyms: cite |
| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, name, refer |
| mentor | (verb) serve as a teacher or trusted counselor | - |
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| meow | (verb) cry like a cat | Synonyms: mew |
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| mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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| mercerize | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerise |
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| merchandise | (verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: trade |
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| merge | (verb) become one | Synonyms: unify, unite |
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| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, mix |
| (verb) join or combine | Synonyms: unify, unite |
| merit | (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: deserve |
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| mesh | (verb) coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively | Synonyms: interlock |
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| (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: enmesh, ensnarl |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, lock, operate |
| (verb) work together in harmony | - |
| mesmerise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind |
| mesmerize | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, spellbind |
| mess | (verb) make a mess of or create disorder in | Synonyms: mess up |
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| (verb) eat in a mess hall | - |
| message | (verb) send a message | - |
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| (verb) send as a message | - |
| (verb) send a message to | - |
| metabolise | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolize |
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| metabolize | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolise |
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| metal | (verb) cover with metal | - |
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| metalize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metallize |
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| metallize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metalize |
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| metamorphose | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: transfigure, transmogrify |
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| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
| metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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| metastasize | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasise |
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| meter | (verb) measure with a meter | - |
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| (verb) stamp with a meter indicating the postage | - |
| metricate | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricise, metricize, metrify |
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| metricise | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricize, metrify |
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| (verb) express in the metric system | Synonyms: metricize |
| metricize | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metrify |
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| (verb) express in the metric system | Synonyms: metricise |
| metrify | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize |
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| (verb) compose in poetic meter | - |
| mew | (verb) cry like a cat | Synonyms: meow |
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| (verb) utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls | - |
| mewl | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: pule, wail, whimper |
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| miaou | (verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaow |
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| miaow | (verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaou |
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| microcopy | (verb) photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size | - |
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| microfilm | (verb) record on microfilm | - |
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| microwave | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
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| micturate | (verb) eliminate urine | Synonyms: make, make water, pass water, pee-pee, pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee-wee, wee |
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| middle | (verb) put in the middle | - |
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| miff | (verb) cause to be annoyed | - |
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| migrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | Synonyms: transmigrate |
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| (verb) move periodically or seasonally | - |
| mildew | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mold, mould |
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| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| militarize | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarise |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarise |
| militate | (verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change | - |
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| milk | (verb) take milk from female mammals | - |
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| (verb) add milk to | - |
| (verb) exploit as much as possible | - |
| mill | (verb) grind with a mill | - |
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| (verb) produce a ridge around the edge of | - |
| (verb) roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | - |
| (verb) move about in a confused manner | Synonyms: mill about, mill around |
| mime | (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only | Synonyms: pantomime |
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| (verb) imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect | Synonyms: mimic |
| mimeo | (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeograph |
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| mimeograph | (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeo |
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| mimic | (verb) imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect | Synonyms: mime |
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| mince | (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: moderate, soften |
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| (verb) cut into small pieces | - |
| (verb) walk daintily | - |
| mind | (verb) keep in mind | Synonyms: bear in mind |
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| (verb) be concerned with or about something or somebody | - |
| (verb) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | Synonyms: beware |
| (verb) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by | - |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, listen |
| (verb) be in charge of or deal with | Synonyms: take care |
| mine | (verb) lay mines | - |
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| (verb) get from the earth by excavation | - |
| mineralize | (verb) transform (a metal) into an ore | - |
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| (verb) convert into a mineral substance | - |
| mingle | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mix, unify |
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| (verb) get involved or mixed-up with | - |
| (verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together | Synonyms: jumble |
| miniate | (verb) paint with red lead or vermilion | - |
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| (verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red | Synonyms: rubricate |
| miniaturise | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturize |
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| miniaturize | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturise |
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| minify | (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, lessen |
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| minimise | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimize |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimize, understate |
| minimize | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimise |
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| (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, derogate |
| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimise, understate |
| minister | (verb) work as a minister | - |
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| (verb) attend to the wants and needs of others | - |
| minor | (verb) have as one's secondary field of study | - |
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| minstrel | (verb) celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels | - |
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