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us
1. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
2. pron. (colloquial) Me.
Give us a look at your paper.
Give us your wallet!
3. pron. (Northern England) Our.
We'll have to throw us food out.
4. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
It's not good enough for us teachers.
5. n. plural of u
Canada
1. n. (US, informal) A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
2. n. (historical) A former liquid measure of four quartilhos, especially used for wine.
loose
1. v. To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. v. To unfasten, to loosen.
3. v. To make less tight, to loosen.
4. v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow)
6. v. (obsolete) To set sail.
7. v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
8. adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
9. adj. Not held or packaged together.
You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
10. adj. Not under control.
The dog is loose again.
11. adj. Not fitting closely
I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
12. adj. Not compact.
It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
a cloth of loose texture
13. adj. Relaxed.
She danced with a loose flowing movement.
14. adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
a loose way of reasoning
15. adj. Indiscreet.
Loose talk costs lives.
16. adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
17. adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
18. adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
19. n. (archery) The release of an arrow.
20. n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
21. n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
22. n. Freedom from restraint.
23. n. A letting go; discharge.
24. interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows
25. v. misspelling of lose
I'm going to loose this game.
fitting
1. v. present participle of fit
2. v. (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.
I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
3. adj. Ready, appropriate, or in keeping
4. n. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
5. n. (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
6. n. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
7. n. (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
8. n. (chiefly British) A domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US furnishing (see also fixture).
the fittings of a church or study
9. n. The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
fit
1. adj. Suitable, proper.
You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
2. adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
survival of the fittest
3. adj. In good shape; physically well.
You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
I think the girl working in the office is fit.
5. adj. Prepared; ready.
6. v. To be suitable for.
It fits the purpose.
7. v. To conform to in size and shape.
The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
8. v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
This plug doesn't fit into the socket.
9. v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
10. v. To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
11. v. To be in agreement with.
These definitions fit most of the usage.
12. v. To adjust.
The regression program fit a line to the data.
13. v. To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
14. v. To equip or supply.
The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
15. v. To make ready.
I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
16. v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
17. v. To be proper or becoming.
18. v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.
19. n. The degree to which something fits.
This shirt is a bad fit.
Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
20. n. Conformity of elements one to another.
It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
21. n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
22. n. (advertising) How well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
23. n. (statistics) Goodness of fit.
24. n. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
25. n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
26. n. A seizure or convulsion.
My grandfather died after having a fit.
27. n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
28. n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
He threw a fit when his car broke down.
29. n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
30. v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
pair
1. n. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
2. n. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
3. n. (Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only))
a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans
4. n. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.
5. n. (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
6. n. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match
7. n. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play
They turned a pair to end the fifth.
8. n. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
9. n. (slang) A pair of breasts
She's got a gorgeous pair.
10. n. (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
11. n. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
There were two pairs on the final vote.
12. n. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
13. n. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, s
14. v. To group into sets of two.
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
15. v. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
16. v. (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
17. v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
18. v. (computing) to form wireless connection between to devices
19. v. (obsolete) To impair.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
pants
1. n. (plural only, chiefly North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Ireland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, c
2. n. (plural only, chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
3. n. (slang) Rubbish; something worthless.
You're talking pants!
The film was a load or pile of pants.
4. adj. (UK, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.
Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?
5. v. To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
6. n. plural of pant
7. v. third-person singular present indicative of pant
pant
1. n. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
2. n. (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
3. v. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
4. v. (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
6. v. (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
7. v. (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
8. n. (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
9. n. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
Pant leg
10. n. a public drinking fountain in Scotland and North-East England
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
supporting
1. adj. That supports.
2. v. present participle of support
3. n. That which supports something else; a support.
support
1. n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
2. n. Financial or other help.
The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
3. n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?
4. n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
5. n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
6. n. Evidence.
The new research provides further support for our theory.
7. n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
This game has no mouse support.
8. n. (gymnastics) (clipping of support position)
9. n. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical oder rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed ..
10. v. To keep from falling.
Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
11. v. To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?
12. v. To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
I support France in the World Cup
13. v. To help, particularly financially.
The government supports the arts in several ways.
14. v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
15. v. To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.
16. v. To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
17. v. To be acfor, or involved with, but not responsible for.
I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization
18. v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
19. v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
to support the character of King Lear
cross
1. n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
2. n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
3. n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
4. n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
5. n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
She made the cross after swearing.
6. n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
7. n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
It's a cross I must bear.
8. n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
A quick cross of the road.
9. n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
10. n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
11. n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
12. n. (football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
13. n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
14. n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
15. n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
16. n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
17. n. A line drawn across or through another line.
18. n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
19. n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
20. n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
21. n. (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
22. adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
23. adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
24. adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
25. adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
26. adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
cross interrogatories
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
27. prep. (archaic) across
She walked cross the mountains.
28. prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
29. v. To make or form a cross.
30. v. To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
She frowned and crossed her arms.
31. v. To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
to cross the letter t
32. v. To mark with an X.
Cross the box which applies to you.
33. v. To write lines at right angles.W
34. v. (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
35. v. To move relatively.
36. v. To go from one side of (something) to the other.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
You need to cross the street at the lights.
37. v. (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
38. v. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
39. v. (sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.
40. v. # (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
41. v. # (football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
# He crossed the ball into the penalty area.
42. v. # (rugby) To score a try.
43. v. (social) To oppose.
44. v. To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
45. v. (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off; to debar.
46. v. (legal) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
47. v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
48. v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
straps
1. n. plural of strap
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of strap
strap
1. n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
2. n. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
3. n. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
4. n. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
5. n. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
6. n. (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
7. n. (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
8. n. (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
9. n. (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
10. n. A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
11. n. (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
12. v. To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
13. v. To fasten or bind with a strap.
14. v. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop
to strap a razor -
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
panel
1. n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
2. n. (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
3. n. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
Today's panel includes John Smith.
4. n. An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
5. n. (legal) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
6. n. (legal, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
7. n. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
8. n. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
9. n. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
the panel of a door
10. n. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
11. n. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
12. n. (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
13. n. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
14. n. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
15. n. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
16. n. (historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
17. v. To fit with panels.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
material
1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
You've made several material contributions to this project.
This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.
4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
5. n. Text written for a specific purpose.
We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.
6. n. A sample or specimens for study.
7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
You'll need about a yard of material to make this.
8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.
He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices.
9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
chest
1. n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
The clothes are kept in a chest.
2. n. (obsolete) A coffin.
3. n. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
You can take the money from the chest.
4. n. A chest of drawers.
5. n. (anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
She had a sudden pain in her chest.
6. n. A hit or blow made with one's chest.
He scored with a chest into the goal.
7. v. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
8. v. To deposit in a chest.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.
10. n. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
called
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of call
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
bib
1. n. An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
2. n. Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
3. n. (sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race
4. n. (sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
5. n. The upper part of an apron or overalls.
6. n. A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
7. n. A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod; the pouting.
8. n. A bibcock.
9. v. To dress (somebody) in a bib.
10. v. (intransitive, archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
11. v. (informal) To beep (e.g. a car horn).
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
associated
1. adj. (of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
an associated member
the associated risks
2. adj. (of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of associate
associate
1. adj. Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
He is an associate editor.
2. adj. Having partial status or privileges.
He is an associate member of the club.
3. adj. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4. adj. (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
5. n. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
6. n. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
7. n. A companion; a comrade.
8. n. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
9. n. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
10. n. (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of th
11. v. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
12. v. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
13. v. To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
14. v. To connect or join together; combine.
particles of gold associated with other substances
15. v. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
16. v. (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
17. v. (mathematics) To be associative.
18. v. (transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
farm
1. n. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
2. n. A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
3. n. (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
fuel farm
wind farm
antenna farm
4. n. (computing) A group of coordinated servers.
a render farm
a server farm
5. n. (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
6. n. (obsolete) A banquet; feast.
7. n. (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
8. n. (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of
9. n. (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
10. n. The body of farmers of public revenues.
11. n. The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
12. v. (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
13. v. To devote (land) to farming.
14. v. To grow (a particular crop).
15. v. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
to farm the taxes
16. v. (obsolete) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
17. v. (obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.
18. v. (video games, chiefly online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
19. v. (dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
Farm out the stable and pigsty.
work
1. n. (heading) Employment.
2. n. Labour, occupation, job.
My work involves a lot of travel.
3. n. The place where one is employed.
He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work.
4. n. One's employer
“I want to go to the R.E.M. reunion concert but I'm not sure if my work will let me off.”
5. n. (heading) Effort.
6. n. Effort expended on a particular task.
Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
7. n. Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
8. n. Something on which effort is expended.
There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
9. n. (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
10. n. (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
11. n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
12. n. Product; the result of effort.:
13. n. (often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
There's a lot of guesswork involved.
14. n. (often, in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
15. n. A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
It is a work of art.
the poetic works of Alexander Pope
16. n. A fortification.
William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
17. n. (slang) The staging of events to appear as real.
18. n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
19. n. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Tell me you're using clean works at least.
20. v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
He’s working in a bar.
21. v. Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
I work in a national park
she works in the human resources department
he mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry
22. v. Followed by as. Said of one's job title
I work as a cleaner.
23. v. Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
she works for Microsoft
he works for the president
24. v. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
I work closely with my Canadian counterparts
you work with computers
she works with the homeless people from the suburbs
25. v. To effect by gradual degrees.
he worked his way through the crowd
the dye worked its way through
using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand
26. v. To embroider with thread.
27. v. To set into action.
He worked the levers.
28. v. To cause to ferment.
29. v. (intransitive) To ferment.
30. v. To exhaust, by working.
The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
31. v. To shape, form, or improve a material.
He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
32. v. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
she works the night clubs
the salesman works the Midwest
this artist works mostly in acrylics
33. v. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
34. v. To provoke or excite; to influence.
The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
35. v. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
She knows how to work the system.
36. v. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
I cannot work a miracle.
37. v. To cause to work.
He is working his servants hard.
38. v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work
39. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
They worked on her to join the group.
40. v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
41. v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
His fingers worked with tension.
A ship works in a heavy sea.
42. v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well
43. v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
44. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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