"relay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːleɪ/, /ɹiˈleɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (noun).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (verb).wav Forms: relays [plural]
Rhymes: -iːleɪ, -eɪ Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|relai||reserve pack of hounds}} Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), {{der|en|fro|relaier||to leave behind}} Old French relaier (“to leave behind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} relay (plural relays)
  1. (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-9np1G~XS Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  2. (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-PFJw7m2e Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 10 3 9 8 18 17 10 8 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 11 1 9 9 22 18 3 8 6 4
  3. (by extension) A new set of anything. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-kp4SyVft
  4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun--QrXWtzD
  5. (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action. Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: relay race
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-FtVtuD8i Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
    (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions.
    Categories (topical): Athletics, Sports Synonyms: relay race Translations (athletics discipline): سِبَاق تَتَابُع (sibāq tatābuʕ) (Arabic), щафета (štafeta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), relleus [masculine, plural] (Catalan), štafeta [feminine] (Czech), viesti (Finnish), viestijuoksu (Finnish), Staffellauf [masculine] (German), σκυταλοδρομία (skytalodromía) [feminine] (Greek), váltófutás (english: running) (Hungarian), boðhlaup [neuter] (Icelandic), staffetta [feminine] (Italian), リレー (rirē) (Japanese), estafètė [feminine] (Lithuanian), stafett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stafett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sztafeta [feminine] (Polish), revezamento [masculine] (Portuguese), ștafetă [feminine] (Romanian), эстафе́та (estaféta) [feminine] (Russian), штафе́та [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), štaféta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), štafeta [feminine] (Slovak), štaféta [feminine] (Slovene), relevos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), carrera de relevos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), stafett [common-gender] (Swedish), abutan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-EZywkizl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with re-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 0 8 9 22 11 3 7 2 6 15 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 8 1 8 8 21 8 5 7 4 7 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 5 2 7 7 13 5 11 7 8 13 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 10 1 9 10 25 10 6 9 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 9 1 4 10 23 10 5 6 2 5 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 1 9 9 24 9 2 7 2 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 10 3 9 8 18 17 10 8 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 9 2 10 13 25 11 4 8 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 9 1 8 13 23 7 4 10 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 5 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 9 2 10 14 24 10 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 8 2 10 9 23 8 7 10 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 9 1 11 10 26 9 5 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 8 1 9 10 24 7 7 10 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 10 2 11 11 25 9 5 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 10 1 7 8 21 17 5 10 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 11 1 9 9 22 18 3 8 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 9 1 11 10 26 9 5 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 9 1 11 10 26 9 5 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 9 1 8 8 21 14 11 7 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 9 2 10 11 24 9 5 8 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 11 1 10 12 32 11 2 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 5 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 8 1 8 9 28 7 9 8 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 8 2 13 13 25 8 4 8 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 9 1 11 10 26 9 5 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 1 9 10 27 9 6 9 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 9 1 10 11 25 9 5 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 5 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 9 2 10 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 9 2 11 11 25 9 4 8 7 5 Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'athletics discipline': 8 4 0 3 7 76 3
  7. (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (electrical actuator): реле (rele) [neuter] (Bulgarian), relé [masculine] (Catalan), 繼電器 (Chinese Mandarin), 继电器 (jìdiànqì) (Chinese Mandarin), relé [neuter] (Czech), relajso (Esperanto), relee (Estonian), rele (Finnish), relais [masculine] (French), relai [masculine] (French), relé [masculine] (Galician), Relais [neuter] (German), ηλεκτρονόμος (ilektronómos) [masculine] (Greek), relé (Hungarian), liði [masculine] (Icelandic), rafliði [masculine] (Icelandic), relai (Indonesian), attuatore (Italian), ripetitore [masculine] (Italian), relé [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), relé [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رله (rele) (Persian), przekaźnik [masculine] (Polish), relé [masculine] (Portuguese), releu [neuter] (Romanian), реле́ (rɛlé) [neuter] (Russian), рѐле̄ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rèlēj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), relé [masculine] (Slovene), relé [masculine] (Spanish), actuador (Spanish), relä [neuter] (Swedish), реле́ (relé) [masculine] (Ukrainian), rơ-le (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-relay-en-noun-jw2WPC7X Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 10 3 9 8 18 17 10 8 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 11 1 9 9 22 18 3 8 6 4 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electrical actuator': 5 4 0 1 2 4 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Indian relay, mail relay, reed relay, relay cylinder, relay race, relay strike, spam relay, time-delay relay Translations (a new set of anything that can be used to relieve the existing set when worn out): смяна (smjana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tānga (note: of people) (Maori) Translations (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race): váltó (Hungarian), váltóverseny (Hungarian), staféta (Hungarian), váltóúszás [swimming, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Hungarian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'a new set of anything that can be used to relieve the existing set when worn out': 28 28 28 3 4 6 3 Disambiguation of 'competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race': 1 2 0 2 47 47 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹiːleɪ/, /ɹiˈleɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (noun).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (verb).wav Forms: relays [present, singular, third-person], relaying [participle, present], relayed [participle, past], relayed [past]
Rhymes: -iːleɪ, -eɪ Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|relai||reserve pack of hounds}} Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), {{der|en|fro|relaier||to leave behind}} Old French relaier (“to leave behind”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relayed)
  1. (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information). Tags: transitive Translations (to pass on or transfer (information)): ἀγγέλλω (angéllō) (Ancient Greek), ретранслирам (retransliram) (Bulgarian), rellevar (Catalan), předat (Czech), doorgeven (Dutch), välittää (Finnish), kertoa eteenpäin (Finnish), transmettre (French), weitergeben (German), μεταβιβάζω (metavivázo) (Greek), αναμεταδίδω (anametadído) (Greek), comunicare (Italian), przekazać [perfective] (Polish), przekazywać [imperfective] (Polish), transmite (Romanian), передава́ть (peredavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переда́ть (peredátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), трансли́ровать (translírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-relay-en-verb-3SAKMjvZ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re-, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 5 2 7 7 13 5 11 7 8 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 10 3 9 8 18 17 10 8 4 5 Disambiguation of 'to pass on or transfer (information)': 94 1 1 3
  2. (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-relay-en-verb-7iCsZKt0 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  3. (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (to place (people or horses) in relays): сменям (smenjam) (Bulgarian), relayer (French), αντικαθιστώ (antikathistó) (Greek), relai (english: base) (Indonesian), merelai [active] (Indonesian), relevar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-relay-en-verb-O4owZ3yA Disambiguation of 'to place (people or horses) in relays': 4 2 80 14
  4. (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms (to relay a message): convey
    Sense id: en-relay-en-verb-x68AT3Mz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 5 2 7 7 13 5 11 7 8 13 14 Disambiguation of 'to relay a message': 25 12 20 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/ [UK], /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relay (verb).wav Forms: relays [present, singular, third-person], relaying [participle, present], relaid [participle, past], relaid [past]
Rhymes: -iːleɪ Etymology: From re- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|lay}} re- + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|relays|relaying|relaid}} relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relaid)
  1. Alternative spelling of re-lay Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: re-lay
    Sense id: en-relay-en-verb-kdYh~AqA Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 5 2 7 7 13 5 11 7 8 13 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another."
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        "To release a new set of hounds."
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        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting#Noun"
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          "hound",
          "hound"
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        "(obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses."
      ],
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          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːleɪ"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "to relay a message",
      "word": "convey"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "retransliram",
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      "word": "ретранслирам"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "rellevar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "předat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "kertoa eteenpäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "transmettre"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "weitergeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metavivázo",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "μεταβιβάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anametadído",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "αναμεταδίδω"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "angéllō",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "ἀγγέλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "comunicare"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "word": "transmite"
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      "roman": "peredavátʹ",
      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "передава́ть"
    },
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      "sense": "to pass on or transfer (information)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "трансли́ровать"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smenjam",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
      "word": "сменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
      "word": "relayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antikathistó",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
      "word": "αντικαθιστώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "english": "base",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
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    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
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        "active"
      ],
      "word": "merelai"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to place (people or horses) in relays",
      "word": "relevar"
    }
  ],
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    "Relay (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "relay"
}

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        },
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          "ref": "1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 427:",
          "text": "A reader writes that some Ballachulish branch services are still worked by Class 2 2-6-0s Nos. 46460 and 78052, which have had to be retained at Oban until a tight curve on the outside line of the railway pier, used by coal and oil traffic for the island steamers, has been relaid to standards suitable for the diesels.",
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          "re-lay#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˌɹiˈleɪ/",
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  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
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}

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