English > person: 3 senses > noun 1, TopsMeaning | A human being. |
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Example | "there was too much for one person to do" |
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Synonyms | individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul |
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Member of | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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Parts | human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh | Alternative names for the body of a human being |
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personality | The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual |
Narrower | African | A native or inhabitant of Africa |
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Amerindian, Native American | Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived |
Aquarius, Water Bearer | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius |
Aries, Ram | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries |
Black, African-American, Negro, Negroid | A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) |
Cancer, Crab | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer |
Capricorn, Goat | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn |
Elizabethan | A person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I |
Gemini, Twin | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini |
Jat | A member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs |
Jew, Hebrew, Israelite | A person belonging to the worldwide / worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural / cultural or religious ties |
Latin | A person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin |
Leo, Lion | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo |
Libra, Balance | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra |
Pisces, Fish | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces |
Sagittarius, Archer | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius |
Scorpio, Scorpion | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio |
Slav | Any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language |
Taurus, Bull | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus |
Victorian | A person who lived during the reign of Victoria |
Virgo, Virgin | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo |
White, White person, Caucasian | A member of the Caucasoid race |
abator | A person who abates a nuisance |
abjurer | A person who abjures |
abomination | A person who is loathsome or disgusting |
abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker | A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
achiever, winner, success, succeeder | A person with a record / record of successes |
acquaintance, friend | A person with whom you are acquainted |
acquirer | A person who acquires something (usually permanently) |
active | A person who is a participating member of an organization |
actor, doer, worker | A person who acts and gets things done |
adjudicator | A person who studies and settles conflicts / conflicts and disputes |
admirer | A person who admires / admires |
adoptee | someone (such as a child) who has been adopted |
adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
adventurer, venturer | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys taking risks |
adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister | someone who offers opposition |
advisee | someone who receives advice |
advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
affiant | A person who makes an affidavit |
agnostic, doubter | someone who is doubtful / doubtful or noncommittal about something |
albino | A person with congenital albinism |
amateur | someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime |
anachronism | A person who seems to be displaced in time |
ancient | A person who lived in ancient times |
anomaly, unusual person | A person who is unusual |
anti | A person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.) |
anti-American | A person who is opposed to the United States and its policies |
applicant, applier | A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment / employment or admission |
appointee, appointment | A person who is appointed to a job or position |
appreciator | A person who is fully aware of something and understands it |
apprehender | A person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) |
archaist | A person who archaizes |
arrogator | A person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess |
assessee | A person (or property) that is assessed |
asthmatic | A person suffering from asthma |
authority | (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others |
autodidact | A person who has taught himself |
automaton, zombi, zombie | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic / apathetic way |
baby boomer, boomer | A member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s |
baby buster, buster | A person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically |
bad guy | Any person who is not on your side |
bad person | A person who does harm to others |
baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skinhead, skin | A person whose head is bald |
balker, baulker, noncompliant | A person who refuses / refuses to comply |
bather | A person who takes a bath |
beard | A person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) |
bedfellow | A person with whom you share a bed |
bereaved, bereaved person | A person who has suffered the death of someone they loved |
best, topper | The person who is most outstanding / outstanding or excellent |
birth | A baby born |
biter | someone who bites |
blogger | A person who keeps and updates a blog |
blond, blonde | A person with fair skin and hair |
bluecoat | A person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor) |
bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman | someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature |
bomber | A person who plants bombs |
brunet, brunette | A person with dark (brown) hair |
bullfighter, toreador | someone who fights bulls |
buster | A person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something |
candidate, prospect | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) |
capitalist | A person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) |
captor, capturer | A person who captures and holds people or animals |
case | A person requiring professional services |
cashier | A person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant) |
celebrant, celebrator, celebrater | A person who is celebrating |
censor | someone who censures or condemns |
chameleon | A changeable / changeable or inconstant person |
changer, modifier | A person who changes something |
charmer, beguiler | A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) |
child, baby | An immature childish person |
chutzpanik | (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa |
closer | A person who closes something |
clumsy person | A person with poor motor coordination |
collector, aggregator | A person who collects things |
color-blind person | A person unable to distinguish differences in hue |
combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper | someone who fights (or is fighting) |
commoner, common man, common person | A person who holds no title |
communicator | A person who communicates with others |
complexifier | someone makes things complex |
compulsive | A person with a compulsive / compulsive disposition |
computer user | A person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business |
contemplative | A person devoted to the contemplative life |
contestant | A person who participates in competitions |
convert | A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief |
copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper | someone who copies the words or behavior of another |
counter | A person who counts things |
counterterrorist | someone who attempts to prevent terrorism |
coward | A person who shows fear or timidity |
crawler, creeper | A person who crawls or creeps along the ground |
creator | A person who grows or makes or invents / invents things |
creature, wight | A human being |
creditor | A person to whom money is owed by a debtor |
cripple | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back |
dancer, social dancer | A person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) |
dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed | someone who is no longer alive |
deaf person | A person with a severe auditory impairment |
debaser, degrader | A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) |
debtor, debitor | A person who owes a creditor |
defecator, voider, shitter | A person who defecates |
delayer | A person who delays |
deliverer | A person who gives up or transfers money or goods |
demander | A person who makes demands / demands |
dieter | A person who diets / diets |
differentiator, discriminator | A person who (or that which) differentiates |
disentangler, unraveler, unraveller | A person who removes tangles |
disputant, controversialist, eristic | A person who disputes |
dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant | A person who dissents from some established policy |
divider | A person who separates something into parts or groups |
domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent | A person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship |
double, image, look-alike | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) |
dresser | A person who dresses in a particular way |
dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler | A person who dribbles |
drug user, substance abuser, user | A person who takes drugs |
dyslectic, dyslexic | A person who has dyslexia |
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek | A person with an unusual or odd personality |
ectomorph | A person with a thin body |
effecter, effector | One who brings about a result or event |
emotional person | A person subject to strong states of emotion |
endomorph | A heavy person with a soft and rounded body |
engineer, applied scientist, technologist | A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems |
enjoyer | A person who delights in having or using or experiencing something |
enrollee | A person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study |
entertainer | A person who tries to please or amuse |
ethnic | A person who is a member of an ethnic group |
experimenter | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys testing innovative ideas |
expert | A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
explorer, adventurer | someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) |
extrovert, extravert | (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings |
face | A part of a person that is used to refer to a person |
faddist | A person who subscribes to a variety of fads |
faller | A person who falls |
fastener | A person who fastens or makes fast |
female, female person | A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies |
fiduciary | A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary |
first-rater | One who is first-rate |
follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
free agent, free spirit, freewheeler | someone acting freely or even irresponsibly |
friend | A person you know well and regard with affection and trust |
fugitive, runaway, fleer | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation |
gainer | A person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits / profits) |
gainer, weight gainer | A person who gains weight |
gambler | A person who wagers money on the outcome of games / games / games or sporting events |
gatekeeper | someone who controls access to something |
gatherer | A person who gathers |
gentile | A person who is not a member of one's own religion |
good guy | Any person who is on your side |
good person | A person who is good to other people |
granter | A person who grants / grants or gives something |
greeter, saluter, welcomer | A person who greets |
grinner | A person who grins |
groaner | A person who groans |
grunter | A person who grunts |
guesser | A person who guesses |
gypsy, gipsy | A person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life |
handicapped person | A person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially |
hater | A person who hates |
heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight | A heterosexual person |
homosexual, homophile, homo, gay | someone who practices homosexuality |
homunculus | A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell |
hope | someone (or something) on which expectations are centered |
hoper | A person who hopes |
huddler | A person who crouches |
hugger | A person who hugs |
immune | A person who is immune to a particular infection |
individualist | A person who pursues independent thought or action |
inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller | A person who inhabits a particular place |
innocent, inexperienced person | A person who lacks knowledge of evil |
insured, insured person | A person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy |
intellectual, intellect | A person who uses the mind creatively |
interpreter | someone who uses art to represent something |
introvert | (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social / social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts |
jewel, gem | A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry |
jumper | A person who jumps |
junior | The younger of two persons |
juvenile, juvenile person | A young person, not fully developed |
killer, slayer | someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
kink | A person with unusual sexual tastes |
kneeler | A person in a kneeling position |
knocker | A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) |
knower, apprehender | A person who knows or apprehends / apprehends |
kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out | someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group |
large person | A person of greater than average size |
laugher | A person who is laughing or who laughs easily |
leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
learner, scholar, assimilator | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
left-hander, lefty, southpaw | A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right |
life | A living person |
lightning rod | someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another |
linguist, polyglot | A person who speaks more than one language |
literate, literate person | A person who can read and write |
liver | A person who has a special life style |
longer, thirster, yearner | A person with a strong desire for something |
loose cannon | A person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous |
loved one | A person who you love, usually a member of your family |
lover | A person who loves someone or is loved by someone |
machine | An efficient person |
mailer | A person who mails / mails something |
malcontent | A person who is discontented or disgusted |
male, male person | A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies |
man | The generic use of the word to refer to any human being |
man jack | A single individual |
manipulator | A person who handles things manually |
married | A person who is married |
masturbator, onanist | A person who practices masturbation |
measurer | A person who makes measurements |
mesomorph | A person with a well-developed muscular body |
mestizo | A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
middlebrow | someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow |
miracle man, miracle worker | A person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles |
misfit | someone unable to adapt to their circumstances |
misogamist | A person who hates marriage |
mixed-blood | A person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races |
modern | A contemporary person |
money handler, money dealer | A person who receives or invests or pays out money |
monolingual | A person who knows only one language |
mother hen | A person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way) |
mouse | person who is quiet or timid |
mutilator, maimer, mangler | A person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples |
namer | A person who gives a name or names |
namesake | A person with the same name as another |
national, subject | A person who owes allegiance to that nation |
native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal | An indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
native | A person born in a particular place or country |
neglecter | A person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities |
neighbor, neighbour | A person who lives (or is located) near another |
neutral | One who does not side with any party / party / party in a war / war / war or dispute |
nondescript | A person is not easily classified and not very interesting |
nonmember | A person who is not a member |
nonparticipant | A person who does not participate |
nonpartisan, nonpartizan | A person who is nonpartisan |
nonperson, unperson | A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights |
nonreligious person | A person who does not manifest devotion to a deity |
nonresident | someone who does not live in a particular place |
nonsmoker | A person who does not smoke tobacco |
nonworker | A person who does nothing |
nude, nude person | A naked person |
nurser | A person who treats something carefully |
occultist | A believer in occultism |
optimist | A person disposed to take a favorable view of things |
orphan | someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision |
ostrich | A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides / hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) |
ouster, ejector | A person who ousts or supplants someone else |
outcaste | A person belonging to no caste |
outdoorsman | A person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing / fishing) |
owner, possessor | A person who owns something |
pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence |
pansexual | A person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds |
pardoner, forgiver, excuser | A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense |
partner | A person who is a member of a partnership |
party | A person involved in legal proceedings |
passer | A person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group |
peer, equal, match, compeer | A person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder | A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
percher | A person situated on a perch |
person of color, person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person |
personage | Another word for person |
personification | A person who represents an abstract quality |
perspirer, sweater | A person who perspires |
philosopher | A wise / wise person who is calm and rational |
picker, chooser, selector | A person who chooses or selects out |
pisser, urinator | A person who urinates |
planner, contriver, deviser | A person who makes plans |
player | A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously |
posturer | someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others |
powderer | someone who applies or scatters powder |
precursor, forerunner | A person who goes before or announces the coming of another |
preserver | someone who keeps safe from harm or danger |
primitive, primitive person | A person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
propositus | The person immediately affected by or concerned with an action |
public relations person | A person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public |
pursuer | A person who pursues some plan or goal |
pussycat | A person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable |
quarter | An unspecified person |
quitter | A person who gives up too easily |
radical | A person who has radical ideas or opinions |
rare bird, rara avis | A rare or unique person |
realist | A person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly |
rectifier | A person who corrects or sets right |
redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop | someone who has red hair |
registrant | A person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby) |
relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
reliever, allayer, comforter | A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies |
religious person | A person who manifests devotion to a deity |
repeater | A person who repeats |
rescuer, recoverer, saver | someone who saves something from danger or violence |
rester | A person who rests / rests / rests |
restrainer, controller | A person who directs and restrains |
revenant | A person who returns after a lengthy absence |
rich person, wealthy person, have | A person who possesses great material wealth |
right-hander, right hander, righthander | A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left |
riser | A person who rises (especially from bed) |
romper | A person who romps or frolics |
roundhead | A brachycephalic person |
ruler, swayer | A person who rules or commands |
rusher | A person who rushes / rushes |
scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
scratcher | A person who scratches to relieve an itch |
second-rater, mediocrity | A person of second-rate ability or value |
seeder, cloud seeder | A person who seeds clouds |
seeker, searcher, quester | someone making a search / search / search / search / search or inquiry |
segregate | someone who is or has been segregated |
self | A person considered as a unique individual |
sensualist | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys sensuality |
sentimentalist, romanticist | someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality |
sex object | Any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification |
sex symbol | A person (especially a celebrity) who is well-known for their sexual attractiveness |
shaker, mover and shaker | A person who wields power and influence |
showman | A person skilled at making effective presentations |
signer, signatory | someone who signs and is bound by a document |
simpleton, simple | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
six-footer | A person who is at least six feet tall |
skidder, slider, slipper | A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction |
slave | A person who is owned by someone |
slave | someone entirely / entirely dominated by some influence or person |
sleepyhead | A sleepy person |
sloucher | A person who slouches |
small person | A person of below average size |
smasher | A person who smashes / smashes / smashes something |
smiler | A person who smiles |
sneezer | A person who sneezes |
sniffer | A person who sniffs |
sniffler, sniveler | A person who breathes audibly through a congested nose |
snuffer | A person who snuffs out candles |
snuffler | A person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus) |
socializer, socialiser | A person who takes part in social activities |
sort | A person of a particular character or nature |
sounding board | A person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability |
sphinx | An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret |
spitter, expectorator | A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) |
sport | A person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances |
sprawler | A person who sprawls |
spurner | A person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt |
squinter, squint-eye | A person with strabismus |
stifler, smotherer | A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
stigmatic, stigmatist | A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) |
stooper | A person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward |
stranger | An individual that one is not acquainted with |
struggler | A person who struggles / struggles with difficulties or with great effort |
subject, case, guinea pig | A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures |
supernumerary | A person serving no apparent function |
surrenderer, yielder | A person who yields or surrenders / surrenders |
survivalist | someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation |
survivor | One who outlives another |
suspect | someone who is under suspicion |
tagger | someone who appends or joins one thing to another |
tagger | someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter |
tapper | A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly |
tempter | A person who tempts others |
termer | A person / person who serves a specified term |
terror, scourge, threat | A person who inspires fear or dread |
testator, testate | A person who makes a will |
thin person, skin and bones, scrag | A person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
third-rater | One who is third-rate or distinctly inferior |
thrower | someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) |
tiger | A fierce or audacious person |
totemist | A person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem |
toucher | A person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something |
transfer, transferee | someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another |
transsexual, transexual | A person whose sexual identification is entirely / entirely with the opposite sex |
transsexual, transexual, transgendered | A person who has undergone a sex change operation |
transvestite, cross-dresser | someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex |
traveler, traveller | A person who changes location |
trier, attempter, essayer | One who tries |
turner | One of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope |
tyrant | Any person who exercises power in a cruel way |
ugly duckling | An ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person |
undoer, opener, unfastener, untier | A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens |
unfortunate, unfortunate person | A person who suffers misfortune |
unskilled person | A person who lacks technical training |
unwelcome person, persona non grata | A person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
user | A person who makes use of a thing |
vanisher | A person who disappears / disappears |
victim, dupe | A person who is tricked or swindled |
visionary | A person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible |
visually impaired person | someone who has inferior vision |
waiter | A person who waits or awaits |
waker | A person who awakes |
walk-in | person who walks in without having an appointment |
wanter, needer | A person who wants or needs something |
ward | A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another |
warrior | someone engaged in or experienced in warfare |
watcher | A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body |
weakling, doormat, wuss | A person who is physically weak and ineffectual |
weasel | A person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky |
wiggler, wriggler, squirmer | One who can't stay still (especially a child) |
winker | A person who winks / winks |
withholder | A person who refrains from granting / granting / granting |
witness | (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law |
worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
worldling | A person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world |
yawner | A person who yawns |
Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
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organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Spanish | alguien, alguno, alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano, ser |
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Catalan | ésser humà, humà, individu, mortal, persona |
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Nouns | personhood | being a person |
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Verbs | personify | attribute human qualities to something |
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