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Definition: Slanted |
SlantedAdjective1. Having an oblique or slanted direction. 2. Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slanted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1797. (references) |
Synonyms: SlantedSynonyms: aslant (adj), aslope (adj), biased (adj), colored (adj), coloured (adj), diagonal (adj), one-sided (adj), slanting (adj), sloped (adj), sloping (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Slanted |
| English words defined with "slanted": aslant, aslope ♦ catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered ♦ diagonal ♦ kitty-corner, kitty-cornered ♦ lectern ♦ Old Style, old style font ♦ reading desk, running hand ♦ slant, slanting, sloped, sloping. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "slanted": chevron setup, crowding battle ♦ herringbone setup ♦ line shew ♦ peak stope, PULLER, MACHINE ♦ RAKER, BUFFING WHEEL ♦ schoolroom V setup, speaker's desk ♦ Tilted Storm or Tilted Updraft ♦ V-shape setup. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's got slanted headlights and it'll bomb you without warning (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Lyrics | Produce a smokesscreen with the funky green to keep your eyes slanted (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Much it concerns a man, forsooth, how a few sticks are slanted over him or under him, and what colors are daubed upon his box. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Luxembourg | While independent, all but one have an editorial line slanted toward a major political party. (references) |
Togo | The Constitution mandates equal access to state media; however, the official media heavily slanted their content in favor of the President and the Government. (references) | |
Fiji | The press has access to prominent figures in the country, but in a newspaper article in the Fiji Sun during the week of September 10, the newly appointed Minister for National Reconciliation, Information, and Media Relations stated that, "The Government of the day must have control of the media in the country." He continued to say that while the Government respects freedom of information by the media, "They should somehow have respect ... [and] in many occasions media reports had been slanted and biased ... the least reporters could do was just have comments from Government." There is a Complaints Committee within the Fiji Media Council; however, no complaints were filed during the year. (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | International observers criticized aspects of the election, especially slanted media coverage, however, the outcome of the vote was not called into question. (references) |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | To qualify for the lower ad valorem MFN tariff rate of 30 percent levied on non-rectangular float glass, exporters often must resort to time-consuming, wasteful procedures such as cutting off one or more corners or cutting one edge in a slanted fashion. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | The sad truth is, we don't object to the slanted nature of our news because being told how to think is easier than figuring it out for ourselves. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Slanted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 53.09% of the time. "Slanted" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 53.09% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 24.69% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 20.99% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 81 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "slanted": slanted abstract ♦ slanted plane ♦ slanted ruling line. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "slanted": right-slanted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the slanted door | 79 |
slanted door san francisco | 25 |
fedora slanted | 21 |
slanted door restaurant | 18 |
door francisco restaurant san slanted | 7 |
entertainment fedora slanted | 3 |
eyes slanted | 3 |
slanted | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "slanted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | منحرف (askew, aslant, awry, bent, deflector, depraved, devious, errant, inclined, oblique, perverse, skew, slant, slanting, tilted), منحدر (aslope, chute, decline, declivity, descending, descent, dipped, downgrade, downhill, downward, inclined, slope, sloped, sloping, talus), مائل (atilt, awry, bent, bevel, bias, cock eyed, diagonal, inclined, oblique, sidelong, skew, slant, slantwise, slope, sloping, stooping, thwart, titled). (various references) | |
Chinese | 倾斜 (Canting, inclined, inclining, lean, Leaned, leaning, Leant, Oblique, raked, raking, slanting, slope, sloped, sloping). (various references) | |
Danish | skråtstillet vindspejl (oblique windshield, slanted windshield), skråtstillet lineal (oblique rule, oblique ruling line, slanted ruling line), skråt hul (slanted hole), skråboring (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), valsevaerk med skraatstillede valser (slanted roll-type rolling mill), kritisk referat (slanted abstract). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuine voorrruit (oblique windshield, slanted windshield), schuine lijn (oblique rule, oblique ruling line, slanted ruling line), schuine boring (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), schuin invallende put (slanted hole), schuin boren (angle drilling, deviated drilling, directional drilling, downhole deviation drilling, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), walswerktuig waarvan de walsen schuin t.o.v.elkaar liggen (slanted roll-type rolling mill), hellend vlak (incline, inclined plane, slanted plane), critisch referaat (slanted abstract). (various references) | |
Finnish | suuntaisporaus (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), vinoporaus (slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted hole, slanted-hole drilling), vinoporareikä (slanted hole), vinoonporaus (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), vino viivake (oblique rule, oblique ruling line, slanted ruling line), arvioiva tiivistelmä (slanted abstract), arvioiva referaatti (slanted abstract), arvioiva abstrakti (slanted abstract). (various references) | |
French | incliné (sloping), en pente (on slope, slope, sloping). (various references) | |
German | geneigt (disposed, gracious, inclinational, inclined, kind, leant, oblique, predisposed, sloped, sloping, sloppily, willing), stellte schief. (various references) | |
Greek | κεκλιμένη γεώτρηση (crooked hole, deflected well, deviated bore, deviated well, directional well, inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), κεκλιμένη οπή γεώτρησης (slanted hole), κεκλιμένος ανεμοφράκτης (oblique windshield, slanted windshield), κεκλιμένο παρμπρίζ (oblique windshield, slanted windshield), έλαστρο με κεκλιμμένους κυλίνδρους (slanted roll-type rolling mill), προσανατολισμένη σύνοψη (slanted abstract), πλάγια γραμμή (oblique rule, oblique ruling line, slanted ruling line), πλάγιος κανόνας (oblique rule, oblique ruling line, slanted ruling line), λοξό επίπεδο (slanted plane). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אלכסו י (diagonal, oblique, slantwise, thwart). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dõlt (slanting). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menceng (skewed). (various references) | |
Italian | tendenzioso (tendentious). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 筆'寝かせて書く (to write with one's brush slanted), 斜影 (slanted or oblique shadow), 上がり目 (eyes slanted upward, rising tendency). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゃえい (billeting, projection, quarters, slanted or oblique shadow), ふで'ねかせてかく (to write with one's brush slanted), あがりめ (eyes slanted upward, rising tendency). (various references) | |
Korean | 기우" (tilted, Trended). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antedslay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sondagem oblíqua (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), sondagem inclinada (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), resumo orientado (slanted abstract), plano oblíquo (slanted plane), perfuração oblíqua (slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), pára-brisas inclinado (oblique windshield, slanted windshield), laminador de cilindros inclinados (slanted roll-type rolling mill), furo inclinado (slanted hole). (various references) | |
Russian | наклонять тенденциозный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sklon (bent, disposed, fond, inclinable, inclined, minded, open, partial, prone), naklonjen (favorable, favourable, friendly, inclined, well disposed). (various references) | |
Spanish | sesgado (aslant, slanting). (various references) | |
Swedish | snedstreck (oblique, slash, virgule), skråborrning (inclined well, slant drilling, slanted drilling, slanted-hole drilling), värderande referat (slanted abstract), lutande hål (slanted hole). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Slanted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Llantada, skanted, slanded, slinted, Slonta, sluned, slunted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "slanted" (pronounced sla"ntud or sla"nud) |
| 6 | -l a" n t u d | implanted, planted, replanted, supplanted, transplanted. |
| 5 | -a" n t u d | anted, chanted, disenchanted, enchanted, granted, panted, ranted, recanted. |
| 4 | -n t u d | accented, accounted, acquainted, affronted, amounted, appointed, augmented, blunted, cemented, circumvented, commented, complemented, complimented, confronted, consented, contented, counted, daunted, demented, dented, disappointed, discontented, invented, jointed, lamented, discounted, disjointed, disoriented, dissented, documented, experimented, fainted, fermented, fingerprinted, flaunted, fomented, fragmented, frequented, fronted, grunted, hinted, hunted, implemented, imprinted, minted, misrepresented, mounted, oriented, ornamented, overrepresented, painted, patented, pinpointed, pointed, presented, prevented, printed, reappointed, recounted, regimented, reinvented, relented, rented, repainted, repented, represented, reprinted, resented, sainted, scented, segmented, shunted, sprinted, stunted, supplemented, surmounted, tainted, talented, taunted, tinted, tormented, unaccounted, uncounted, undaunted, undercounted, underrepresented, undocumented, unpainted, unprecedented, unrepresented, untainted, unwanted, unwarranted, vaunted, vented, wanted, warranted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accredited, accumulated, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, completed, complicated, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disassociated, disconnected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discredited, discriminated, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, dislocated, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fretted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, grated, gravitated, greeted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implicated, imported, impregnated, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, originated, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pirated, pitted, pivoted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repeated, replicated, reported, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supported, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, targeted, tasted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, undated, undefeated, underestimated, underrated, underreported, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untested, untreated, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, venerated, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -n u d | anointed, arachnid, haunted, hominid, subpoenaed, synod. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dentals. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: deltas, dental, desalt, elands, ladens, lasted, latens, naleds, salted, sendal, slated, staled, staned. | |
-2 letters: anted, antes, dales, dates, deals, dealt, deans, delta, delts, dents, eland, elans, etnas, laden, lades, lands, lanes, lased, lated, laten, leads, leans, leant, least, lends, naled, nates, neats, saned, sated, sedan, setal, slant, slate, stade, stale, stand, stane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: blandest, shetland, unsalted, wetlands. | |
+2 letters: adultness, datelines, dauntless, delations, desalting, disentail, dismantle, endosteal, endplates, gladstone, insolated, installed, insulated, landsleit, loadstone, shetlands, strangled, tidelands, undulates, wasteland. | |
+3 letters: adolescent, almandites, andalusite, candlenuts, dealations, decathlons, declarants, deflations, defoliants, delineates, dentaliums, desalinate, desolating, desolation, disentails, disenthral, dismantled, dismantles, displanted, elatedness, forestland, gladstones, heartlands, heathlands, interlards, landaulets, leadplants, loadstones, misplanted, montadales, nodalities, outlanders, planetoids, sandlotter, strandline, sulfonated, supplanted, tablelands, tailenders, tantalised, translated, ultradense, unsteadily, wanderlust, wastelands. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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