"hair spray" meaning in English

See hair spray in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hair sprays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hair spray (countable and uncountable, plural hair sprays)
  1. A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fashion, Hair Translations (hairstyling product that stiffens the hair): 定型水 (dìngxíngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 噴發膠 (Chinese Mandarin), 喷发胶 (pēnfājiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), haarspray [masculine] (Dutch), haarlak [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), hiuslakka (Finnish), laque (english: pour les cheveux) [feminine] (French), Haarspray [neuter] (German), hajlakk (Hungarian), ヘアスプレー (heasupurē) (Japanese), hårspray [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hårspray [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lakier do włosów (Polish), laca [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), laquê [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), fixativ [neuter] (Romanian), лак для воло́с (lak dlja volós) [masculine] (Russian), лак (lak) [masculine] (Russian), laca [feminine] (Spanish), hårspray [common-gender] (Swedish), hårsprej [common-gender] (Swedish), saç spreyi (Turkish), лак (lak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лак для воло́сся (lak dlja volóssja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hair_spray-en-noun-zg48y0EK Disambiguation of Fashion: 99 1 Disambiguation of Hair: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 72 28

Verb

Forms: hair sprays [present, singular, third-person], hair spraying [participle, present], hair sprayed [participle, past], hair sprayed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} hair spray (third-person singular simple present hair sprays, present participle hair spraying, simple past and past participle hair sprayed)
  1. (transitive) To spray with this product. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: hairspray Related terms: hair gel, hair wax
    Sense id: en-hair_spray-en-verb-ARvfJO3~ Disambiguation of Hair: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair sprays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "hair spray (countable and uncountable, plural hair sprays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fashion",
          "orig": "en:Fashion",
          "parents": [
            "Clothing",
            "Culture",
            "Human",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "en:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle."
      ],
      "id": "en-hair_spray-en-noun-zg48y0EK",
      "links": [
        [
          "hairstyling",
          "hairstyling"
        ],
        [
          "aerosol",
          "aerosol"
        ],
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dìngxíngshuǐ",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "定型水"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "噴發膠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pēnfājiāo",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "喷发胶"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "haarspray"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "haarlak"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "hiuslakka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "pour les cheveux",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laque"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Haarspray"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "hajlakk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "heasupurē",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "ヘアスプレー"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hårspray"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hårspray"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "lakier do włosów"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laquê"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fixativ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lak dlja volós",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак для воло́с"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laca"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hårspray"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hårsprej"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "word": "saç spreyi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lak dlja volóssja",
          "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак для воло́сся"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hair spray"
  ],
  "word": "hair spray"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair sprays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair spraying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair sprayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair sprayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hair spray (third-person singular simple present hair sprays, present participle hair spraying, simple past and past participle hair sprayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "en:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spray with this product."
      ],
      "id": "en-hair_spray-en-verb-ARvfJO3~",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To spray with this product."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hair gel"
        },
        {
          "word": "hair wax"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "39 61",
          "word": "hairspray"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hair spray"
  ],
  "word": "hair spray"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Fashion",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair sprays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "hair spray (countable and uncountable, plural hair sprays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairstyling",
          "hairstyling"
        ],
        [
          "aerosol",
          "aerosol"
        ],
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hairspray"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìngxíngshuǐ",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "定型水"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "噴發膠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pēnfājiāo",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "喷发胶"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haarspray"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haarlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "hiuslakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "pour les cheveux",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Haarspray"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "hajlakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heasupurē",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "ヘアスプレー"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hårspray"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hårspray"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "lakier do włosów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laquê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fixativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lak dlja volós",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак для воло́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hårspray"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hårsprej"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "word": "saç spreyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lak dlja volóssja",
      "sense": "hairstyling product that stiffens the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак для воло́сся"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hair spray"
  ],
  "word": "hair spray"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Fashion",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair sprays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair spraying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair sprayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hair sprayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hair spray (third-person singular simple present hair sprays, present participle hair spraying, simple past and past participle hair sprayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hair gel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hair wax"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spray with this product."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To spray with this product."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hairspray"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hair spray"
  ],
  "word": "hair spray"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hair spray meaning in English (6.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.