--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 67 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/67/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 67 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, Canada) A police officer of the lowest rank; often written PC (police constable), as in «PC Smith».[↗](../../constable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) An important officer in a medieval castle or a royal court (the Constable of the Tower of London).[↗](../../constable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US) A local law officer in some small towns.[↗](../../constable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) John Constable was an English painter famous for landscapes like «The Hay Wain» (1821).[↗](../../constable/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* PC Jones came to talk to us about bike safety.[↗](../../constable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The constable directed the traffic after the crash.[↗](../../constable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Constable of the castle guarded it for the king.[↗](../../constable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We copied John Constable's painting of a hay cart in a river.[↗](../../constable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Police constables patrol the town centre.[↗](../../constable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chief constable leads a whole police force in Britain.[↗](../../constable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constabulary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, formal) A constabulary is the police force of an area.[↗](../../constabulary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The local constabulary searched the woods.[↗](../../constabulary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a constable in the county constabulary.[↗](../../constabulary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was a terror to the constabulary.[↗](../../constabulary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The constabulary was called to the riot.[↗](../../constabulary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded in 1922.[↗](../../constabulary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The constabulary put out a warning about scams.[↗](../../constabulary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am a copying-clerk at the police-office; and you know you cannot insult any belonging to the constabulary force without a chastisement.[↗](../../constabulary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **constancy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being faithful and steady; keeping to your word or your love and not changing.[↗](../../constancy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her constancy kept her friends close for years.[↗](../../constancy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog showed constancy by waiting at the gate every day.[↗](../../constancy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He promised constancy and kept his word.[↗](../../constancy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **constant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Constant means happening all the time or again and again.[↗](../../constant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "constant noise".[↗](../../constant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Constant means staying the same, not changing.[↗](../../constant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "drive at a constant speed".[↗](../../constant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) In maths and science, a constant is a number or amount that does not change, like the number of days in a week.[↗](../../constant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old, literary) Constant means loyal and faithful.[↗](../../constant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a constant friend".[↗](../../constant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car travelled at a constant speed of 60 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../constant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the water temperature constant during the experiment.[↗](../../constant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby's constant crying kept us awake.[↗](../../constant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was his constant companion.[↗](../../constant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At a constant rate of 5 pages a day, 30 pages take 6 days.[↗](../../constant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fair test, everything is constant except one thing.[↗](../../constant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The constant rain spoiled the camping trip.[↗](../../constant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The wife of the Viking lived in constant pain and sorrow about it.[↗](../../constant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use.[↗](../../constant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../constant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day.[↗](../../constant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.28.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../constant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **constantinople** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Constantinople was the old name of the great city on the Bosphorus strait that is now called Istanbul, in Turkey.[↗](../../constantinople/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It was the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and later of the Ottoman Empire.[↗](../../constantinople/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Constantinople was named after the emperor Constantine.[↗](../../constantinople/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The city of Constantinople is now called Istanbul.[↗](../../constantinople/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hagia Sophia was the great church of Constantinople.[↗](../../constantinople/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Constantinople had enormous walls to keep out enemies.[↗](../../constantinople/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople with huge cannons.[↗](../../constantinople/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Merchants from many lands traded in Constantinople.[↗](../../constantinople/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Before it was Constantinople, the town was called Byzantium.[↗](../../constantinople/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Maximus Planudes, a learned monk of Constantinople, made a collection of about a hundred and fifty of these fables.[↗](../../constantinople/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A Version, Constantinople, 17 19, 8vo.[↗](../../constantinople/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../constantinople/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **constantly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Constantly means all the time, again and again, without stopping.[↗](../../constantly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Constantly can mean always in the same way, without changing.[↗](../../constantly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother is constantly asking questions.[↗](../../constantly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather is constantly changing in spring.[↗](../../constantly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby cried constantly all night.[↗](../../constantly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Earth is constantly moving around the Sun.[↗](../../constantly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog constantly wants to play.[↗](../../constantly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine must be constantly checked.[↗](../../constantly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Waves constantly beat against the rocks.[↗](../../constantly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They were great friends and were constantly in all sorts of mischief together.[↗](../../constantly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The importance of equilibrium is constantly reiterated in the Kabalah.[↗](../../constantly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../constantly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **constellation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A constellation is a group of stars that people see as a pattern or picture in the night sky and give a name to.[↗](../../constellation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A constellation can mean a group of related things or people.[↗](../../constellation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Orion is a constellation that looks like a hunter.[↗](../../constellation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Plough is part of a constellation called the Great Bear.[↗](../../constellation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia you can see the Southern Cross constellation.[↗](../../constellation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors used constellations to find their way.[↗](../../constellation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked for constellations on the camping trip.[↗](../../constellation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 88 official constellations.[↗](../../constellation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stars in a constellation may be very far from each other.[↗](../../constellation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After her death she was placed by Zeus among the stars as a constellation, under the name of Arctos, or the bear.[↗](../../constellation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve constellations in the world are: Aries, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../constellation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He fixed these as testimonies of the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad; the twelve constellations rulers of the world, the Dragon (THELE) Tali which environs the universe, and the microcosm, man.[↗](../../constellation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../constellation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).[↗](../../constellation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../constellation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.[↗](../../constellation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../constellation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **consternation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sudden feeling of shock and worry, when people are upset and do not know what to do.[↗](../../consternation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The news filled the village with consternation.[↗](../../consternation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · To everyone's consternation, the bridge had washed away.[↗](../../consternation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked at the broken vase in consternation.[↗](../../consternation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **constipated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Constipated means unable to empty your bowels easily; your poo is hard, dry or does not come for days.[↗](../../constipated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt constipated, so Mum gave me more fruit and water.[↗](../../constipated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating fibre helps you not to get constipated.[↗](../../constipated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked if the baby was constipated.[↗](../../constipated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Drinking enough water can stop you from being constipated.[↗](../../constipated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our old dog gets constipated if he doesn't walk enough.[↗](../../constipated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being constipated can give you a tummy ache.[↗](../../constipated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constipation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Constipation is when you can't poo easily or often, because your poo is hard and dry.[↗](../../constipation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Constipation can give you a tummy ache.[↗](../../constipation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating fruit and vegetables helps stop constipation.[↗](../../constipation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink plenty of water to avoid constipation.[↗](../../constipation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the boy had constipation.[↗](../../constipation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fibre in bread and beans helps prevent constipation.[↗](../../constipation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being active helps with constipation too.[↗](../../constipation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constituency** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (politics, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia) An area of a country whose voters elect one or more members to parliament.[↗](../../constituency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The people who live and vote in such an area.[↗](../../constituency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A group of people who support someone or whose interests someone represents.[↗](../../constituency/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 650 constituencies in the UK.[↗](../../constituency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our constituency elected a new MP.[↗](../../constituency/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The MP held a meeting for people in her constituency.[↗](../../constituency/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland's constituencies elect several members each.[↗](../../constituency/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He visits his constituency every weekend.[↗](../../constituency/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **constituent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A constituent is one of the parts that make up a whole: «Flour is a constituent of bread.».[↗](../../constituent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A constituent is a person who lives in an area and votes for a representative such as a Member of Parliament or a congressman.[↗](../../constituent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Oxygen is a constituent of air.[↗](../../constituent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Separate the mixture into its constituent parts.[↗](../../constituent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The MP replied to letters from her constituents.[↗](../../constituent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand and water are the constituents of this mixture.[↗](../../constituent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each constituent of the cake adds something.[↗](../../constituent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten per cent of the mixture is salt; what is the other constituent's share?[↗](../../constituent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constitute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole.[↗](../../constitute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To be or count as something.[↗](../../constitute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To set up an official group.[↗](../../constitute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Twelve months constitute a year.[↗](../../constitute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Girls constitute half the class.[↗](../../constitute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Copying answers constitutes cheating.[↗](../../constitute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Broken glass on the path constitutes a danger.[↗](../../constitute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water constitutes most of a cucumber.[↗](../../constitute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The committee was constituted last month.[↗](../../constitute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the moment, however, it constitutes their chief danger.[↗](../../constitute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · § 10 Three vowels B'aK constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.[↗](../../constitute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../constitute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · § 11 Three vowels n"ax constitute a great secret, marvellous and hidden.[↗](../../constitute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../constitute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In order to show how the twenty-two letters of the alphabet constitute the thirty-two ways of wisdom, the author proceeds to the division of the letters in the second and following Mishnahs.[↗](../../constitute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../constitute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **constituted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Constituted means made up, formed: «The class is constituted of 30 pupils.».[↗](../../constituted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Constituted means counted as: «This constituted a record.».[↗](../../constituted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be constituted means to be set up officially, like a committee.[↗](../../constituted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Girls constituted half of the team.[↗](../../constituted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water constituted most of the mixture.[↗](../../constituted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The council was constituted last spring.[↗](../../constituted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their act constituted a breach of the rules.[↗](../../constituted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 of the 48 marbles were red; what fraction did red marbles constitute?[↗](../../constituted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The committee is constituted of five members.[↗](../../constituted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In fact, the hearth was held so sacred that it constituted the sanctum of the family, for which reason it was always erected in the centre of every house.[↗](../../constituted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **constitution** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A constitution is the set of basic laws and rules that says how a country or group is governed.[↗](../../constitution/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person's constitution is how healthy and strong their body is.[↗](../../constitution/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The constitution says how the country's leaders are chosen.[↗](../../constitution/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school council wrote its own constitution.[↗](../../constitution/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The US Constitution begins with the words «We the People».[↗](../../constitution/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The United Kingdom has no single written constitution.[↗](../../constitution/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has a strong constitution and rarely gets ill.[↗](../../constitution/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Changes to the constitution need a vote.[↗](../../constitution/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constitutional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with a country's constitution, the main set of laws that says how the country is governed and what rights people have.[↗](../../constitutional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Allowed by the constitution; a law that is «constitutional» follows those rules, and an «unconstitutional» one breaks them.[↗](../../constitutional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To do with a person's body or nature, as in a «constitutional weakness».[↗](../../constitutional/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, old-fashioned) A walk taken for your health, as in «a morning constitutional».[↗](../../constitutional/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The UK is a constitutional monarchy, so the king does not make the laws.[↗](../../constitutional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Free speech is a constitutional right in the United States.[↗](../../constitutional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judges decided the new law was not constitutional.[↗](../../constitutional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Changing the constitution needs a constitutional amendment.[↗](../../constitutional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa takes his morning constitutional around the park.[↗](../../constitutional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class learned about constitutional government in Canada.[↗](../../constitutional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people say the vote was unconstitutional.[↗](../../constitutional/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **constitutionally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law, politics) In a way that follows or is allowed by a country's constitution (its main set of laws and rules).[↗](../../constitutionally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that comes from someone's natural body or character («constitutionally unable to sit still»).[↗](../../constitutionally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The President was constitutionally elected.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The court decided the law was not constitutionally valid.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland's constitution can only be changed by a vote of the people.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new rule was constitutionally questioned.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is constitutionally unable to keep his room tidy.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people are constitutionally strong and rarely get ill.[↗](../../constitutionally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **constrained** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* urged strongly or pressed someone to do something.[↗](../../constrained/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.[↗](../../constrained/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../constrained/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **constraint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that limits or controls what you can do (time constraints, money constraints).[↗](../../constraint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths, design) A condition or rule that an answer or design must follow.[↗](../../constraint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Holding back your feelings or actions; a lack of freedom.[↗](../../constraint/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Because of time constraints, we could only visit one museum.[↗](../../constraint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The constraint was that the bridge must hold 1 kg.[↗](../../constraint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Money constraints mean we can't go abroad this year.[↗](../../constraint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the puzzle, the constraint is that each number is used once.[↗](../../constraint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A design brief lists all the constraints.[↗](../../constraint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke without constraint about his feelings.[↗](../../constraint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He, however, only laughed at her advice, saying, that his father had always kept him in too great constraint, and that now he rejoiced at his new-found liberty.[↗](../../constraint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.[↗](../../constraint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.66.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../constraint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **constrict** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something narrower or tighter by squeezing it: «The snake constricted its prey».[↗](../../constrict/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (body) When blood vessels, pupils of the eye or airways get narrower: «Cold makes blood vessels constrict».[↗](../../constrict/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To limit what someone can do: «Tight rules constricted the players».[↗](../../constrict/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The python constricts its prey until it stops breathing.[↗](../../constrict/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cold, the blood vessels in your fingers constrict.[↗](../../constrict/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · During an asthma attack, the airways constrict, so it is hard to breathe.[↗](../../constrict/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His throat constricted with fear.[↗](../../constrict/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tight collar constricted her neck.[↗](../../constrict/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bright light makes the pupils of your eyes constrict.[↗](../../constrict/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many rules can constrict creativity.[↗](../../constrict/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/66/) **67** 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