"lank" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Afrikaans]

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-lank.wav Forms: lang [attributive], langer [comparative], langste [superlative]
Etymology: From a dialectal pronunciation of Dutch lang, from Middle Dutch lanc, from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Compare jonk. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|lang}} Dutch lang, {{inh|af|dum|lanc}} Middle Dutch lanc, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*langaz}} Proto-Germanic *langaz, {{m|af|jonk}} jonk Head templates: {{af-adj|lang|langer|langste}} lank (attributive lang, comparative langer, superlative langste)
  1. long
    Sense id: en-lank-af-adj-~GbwIcZ9
  2. tall
    Sense id: en-lank-af-adj-JB2vLnU6 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

Adjective [Central Franconian]

IPA: /laŋk/ Forms: lange [masculine], lang [feminine], länger [comparative], et längste [superlative]
Etymology: From Old High German lang. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-cfr|goh|lang}} Old High German lang Head templates: {{head|gmw-cfr|adjective|masculine|lange|feminine|lang|comparative|länger|superlative|et längste}} lank (masculine lange, feminine lang, comparative länger, superlative et längste)
  1. (most dialects) long Tags: dialectal Synonyms: lang (english: more recent variant, now widespread)
    Sense id: en-lank-gmw-cfr-adj-~GbwIcZ9 Categories (other): Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /læŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lank.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lanker [comparative], lankest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lank}} Middle English lank, {{inh|en|ang|hlanc}} Old English hlanc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hlank}} Proto-West Germanic *hlank, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hlankaz|t=lank, thin}} Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kleng-|t=to bend, turn, wind, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”), {{cog|de|lenken|t=to turn}} German lenken (“to turn”), {{m|de|Gelenk|t=joint}} Gelenk (“joint”), {{cog|goh|hlanca|t=hip, side, flank}} Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), {{cog|en|link}} English link, {{q|of a chain}} (of a chain) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lank (comparative lanker, superlative lankest)
  1. Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Categories (topical): Appearance, Hair Synonyms (slender): lithe Translations (slender and thin): slank (Afrikaans), слаб и висок (english: slab i visok) (Bulgarian), hubený (Czech), vyhublý (Czech), vyzáblý (Czech), laiha (Finnish), hintelä (Finnish), vézna (Hungarian), delgat (Occitan), لندوک (landuk) (Persian), delgado (Spanish), flaco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lank-en-adj-vbIEvq0S Disambiguation of Appearance: 34 14 23 29 0 Disambiguation of Hair: 30 26 13 30 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 9 27 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 34 9 30 2 Disambiguation of 'slender': 76 14 4 5 Disambiguation of 'slender and thin': 71 15 9 5
  2. (obsolete) Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Appearance, Hair Synonyms (meagre): insufficient
    Sense id: en-lank-en-adj-8CdltiU1 Disambiguation of Appearance: 34 14 23 29 0 Disambiguation of Hair: 30 26 13 30 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 9 27 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 34 9 30 2 Disambiguation of 'meagre': 6 87 3 4
  3. (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.) Categories (topical): Appearance, Hair Translations (of hair straight and flat): права (prava) (Bulgarian), zplihlý (Czech), plats [masculine, plural] (French), tākaha (Maori), mahora (Maori), torokaka (Maori), torokaka waero-kiore (Maori)
    Sense id: en-lank-en-adj-3FXfsnRM Disambiguation of Appearance: 34 14 23 29 0 Disambiguation of Hair: 30 26 13 30 1 Disambiguation of 'of hair straight and flat': 1 0 99 0
  4. (obsolete) Languid; drooping, slack. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Appearance, Hair Synonyms (languid): lax, loose, nutant
    Sense id: en-lank-en-adj-w-pjTSqx Disambiguation of Appearance: 34 14 23 29 0 Disambiguation of Hair: 30 26 13 30 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 9 27 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 34 9 30 2 Disambiguation of 'languid': 3 5 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: svelte, willowy, slender, scarce, sparse, inadequate Derived forms: lankness, lanky

Verb [English]

IPA: /læŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lank.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lanks [present, singular, third-person], lanking [participle, present], lanked [participle, past], lanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lank}} Middle English lank, {{inh|en|ang|hlanc}} Old English hlanc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hlank}} Proto-West Germanic *hlank, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hlankaz|t=lank, thin}} Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kleng-|t=to bend, turn, wind, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”), {{cog|de|lenken|t=to turn}} German lenken (“to turn”), {{m|de|Gelenk|t=joint}} Gelenk (“joint”), {{cog|goh|hlanca|t=hip, side, flank}} Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), {{cog|en|link}} English link, {{q|of a chain}} (of a chain) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lank (third-person singular simple present lanks, present participle lanking, simple past and past participle lanked)
  1. (rare, intransitive) To become lank. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-lank-en-verb-MyWmjVWJ

Noun [Lower Sorbian]

IPA: [ˈlaŋk]
Etymology: From lan + -k. Etymology templates: {{af|dsb|lan|-k}} lan + -k Head templates: {{dsb-noun|m-in}} lank m inan Inflection templates: {{dsb-decl-noun-19|lan|k}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lank [nominative, singular], lanka [dual, nominative], lanki [nominative, plural], lanka [genitive, singular], lankowu [dual, genitive], lankow [genitive, plural], lankoju [dative, singular], lankoma [dative, dual], lankam [dative, plural], lank [accusative, singular], lanka [accusative, dual], lanki [accusative, plural], lankom [instrumental, singular], lankoma [dual, instrumental], lankami [instrumental, plural], lanku [locative, singular], lankoma [dual, locative], lankach [locative, plural]
  1. Diminutive of lan Tags: diminutive, form-of, inanimate, masculine Form of: lan
    Sense id: en-lank-dsb-noun-GT8xXwsw Categories (other): Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header, Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -k

Adjective [Plautdietsch]

Head templates: {{head|pdt|adjective}} lank
  1. long (in physical measure), tall

Noun [Traveller Norwegian]

Head templates: {{head|rmg|noun}} lank
  1. coffee

Adjective [Zealandic]

Etymology: From Middle Dutch lanc, from Old Dutch *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|zea|dum|lanc}} Middle Dutch lanc, {{inh|zea|odt|*lang}} Old Dutch *lang, {{inh|zea|gem-pro|*langaz}} Proto-Germanic *langaz Head templates: {{head|zea|adjective}} lank
  1. long
    Sense id: en-lank-zea-adj-~GbwIcZ9 Categories (other): Zealandic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lank meaning in All languages combined (22.1kB)

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          "text": "1700, Isaac Barrow, Sermon XXII “Of Industry in our particular Calling, as Scholars,” in The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D.D., London: John Tillotson, 2nd edition, Volume III, p. 226,\n[…] who would not chuse […] to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain […] ?"
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          "text": "1724-5, Jonathan Swift, “A Receipt. To Restore Stella’s Youth” in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Henry Washbourne, 1841, Volume 1, p. 687,\nMeagre and lank with fasting grown,\nAnd nothing left but skin and bone;"
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          "text": "1659, Samuel Cradock, Knowledge & Practice, Or, A Plain Discourse of the Chief Things Necessary to be Known, Believ’d & Practised in order to Salvation, London: John Rothwell, Chapter 17, Of the Duties of the Rich, pp. 494-495,\nWe should think him a very imprudent Husbandman, that to save a little seed at present, would sow so thin, as to spoil his crop. And the same folly ’twill be in us, if by the sparingness and niggardize of our Almes, we make our selves a lank Harvest hereafter, and lose the reward God hath provided for the liberal Almes-giver."
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        "(of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)"
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          "roman": "prava",
          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "права"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "zplihlý"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plats"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "tākaha"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "mahora"
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          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "torokaka"
        },
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "of hair straight and flat",
          "word": "torokaka waero-kiore"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 833–837",
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          "ref": "1655, William Spurstowe, chapter 18, in The Wels of Salvation Opened, London: Ralph Smith, pages 249–250",
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          "_dis1": "3 5 2 90",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "lankoju",
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      "form": "lank",
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      "form": "lankom",
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      "form": "lankoma",
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      "form": "lankami",
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      "form": "lanku",
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    {
      "form": "lankoma",
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      "form": "lankach",
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      "word": "slank"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "english": "slab i visok",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "слаб и висок"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "hubený"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "vyhublý"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "vyzáblý"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "laiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "hintelä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "vézna"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "vézna"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "delgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "landuk",
      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "لندوک"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "delgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slender and thin",
      "word": "flaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prava",
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      "word": "права"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "plats"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tākaha"
    },
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    }
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        "3": "-k"
      },
      "expansion": "lan + -k",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lan + -k.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dsb-decl-noun-19",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lank",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankowu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankoma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lank",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankoma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lanku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankoma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lankach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-in"
      },
      "expansion": "lank m inan",
      "name": "dsb-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lan",
        "2": "k"
      },
      "name": "dsb-decl-noun-19"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
  "lang_code": "dsb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lower Sorbian diminutive nouns",
        "Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lower Sorbian inanimate nouns",
        "Lower Sorbian lemmas",
        "Lower Sorbian masculine nouns",
        "Lower Sorbian nouns",
        "Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -k",
        "Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive of lan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lan",
          "lan#Lower Sorbian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlaŋk]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lank"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdt",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "lank",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Plautdietsch",
  "lang_code": "pdt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Plautdietsch 1-syllable words",
        "Plautdietsch adjectives",
        "Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Plautdietsch entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "Plautdietsch lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long (in physical measure), tall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lank"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rmg",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lank",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Traveller Norwegian",
  "lang_code": "rmg",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Traveller Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Traveller Norwegian lemmas",
        "Traveller Norwegian nouns",
        "Traveller Norwegian terms in nonstandard scripts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coffee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coffee",
          "coffee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lank"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zea",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "lanc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch lanc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zea",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*lang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *lang",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zea",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*langaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *langaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch lanc, from Old Dutch *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zea",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "lank",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zealandic",
  "lang_code": "zea",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Zealandic adjectives",
        "Zealandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zealandic lemmas",
        "Zealandic terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Zealandic terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Zealandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Zealandic terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Zealandic terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Zealandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lank"
}

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