What does the word understood mean

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    understood

    Персональный Сократ > understood

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    understood

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. grasped (adj.) absorbed; captured; fathomed; grasped; heard; mastered; rationalized; reasoned out

    2. known (adj.) conceived; known; learned; recognised; recognized

    3. tacit (adj.) implicit; implied; inarticulate; inferred; tacit; undeclared; unexpressed; unsaid; unspoken; unuttered; wordless

    4. apprehended (verb) accepted; appreciated; apprehended; caught; compassed; comprehended; fathomed; followed; grasped; had; knew/known; made out; make out; read; saw; saw/seen; take in; took in/taken in; tumbled to; twigged; understood

    5. assumed (verb) assumed; believed; conceived; expected; gathered; imagined; supposed; suspected; thought; took/taken

    English-Russian base dictionary > understood

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    understood

    ˌʌndəˈstud past и past p. от understand
    past и p. p. от understand
    understood past & p. p. от understand

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > understood

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    understood

    понял
    имя прилагательное:

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > understood

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    understood

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > understood

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    understood

    [ˌʌndəˈstud]

    understood past & p. p. от understand

    English-Russian short dictionary > understood

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    understood

    [͵ʌndəʹstʋd]

    НБАРС > understood

  • 8
    understood

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > understood

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    understood

    [ˏʌndə`stuːd]

    понимать, постигать, осмысливать

    уметь, понимать, смыслить

    разбираться

    осознать, проникнуться, прочувствовать

    подразумевать, иметь в виду

    догадываться, предполагать; прослышать, прознать

    истолковывать, понимать; уславливаться, договариваться

    принять на веру, согласиться, смириться

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > understood

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    understood

    past

    ,

    past participle

    of understand

    * * *

    прош. и прич. прош вр. от understand

    * * *

    понятый

    * * *

    вразумительный

    понят

    понятен

    понятный

    понятый

    Новый англо-русский словарь > understood

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    understood

    согласовано, установлено соглашением, обусловлено соглашением

    Англо-русский юридический словарь > understood

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    understood

    Англо-русский современный словарь > understood

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    understood

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > understood

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    understood

    The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > understood

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    understood

    вразумительный

    понят

    понятен

    понятный

    понятый

    English-Russian smart dictionary > understood

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    understood past

    understood past и past p. от understand

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > understood past

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    understood and agreed

    Персональный Сократ > understood and agreed

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    understood and agreed

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > understood and agreed

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    understood and agreed

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > understood and agreed

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    understood incompletely

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > understood incompletely

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  • Understood — Un der*stood , imp. & p. p. of {Understand}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • understood — index assumed (inferred), clear (apparent), cognizable, coherent (clear), consensual, constr …   Law dictionary

  • understood — the past tense and past participle of understand …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • understood — [adj] assumed, implicit accepted, appreciated, axiomatic, down pat*, implied, inferential, inferred, known, on to*, pat, presumed, roger*, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, wise to, wordless; concept… …   New thesaurus

  • understood — [un΄dər stood′] vt., vi. pt. & pp. of UNDERSTAND adj. 1. known; comprehended 2. agreed upon 3. implied but not expressed …   English World dictionary

  • Understood — Understand Un der*stand ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood} (([u^]n d[ e]r*st[oo^]d ),), and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • understood — adj. understood that + clause (it was understood that everyone would help) * * * understood that + clause (it was understood that everyone would help) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • understood — /un deuhr stood /, v. 1. pt. and pp. of understand. adj. 2. agreed upon; known in advance; assented to: It is the understood policy of this establishment to limit credit. 3. implied but not stated; left unexpressed: The understood meaning of a… …   Universalium

  • understood — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)st ʊd[/t]] Understood is the past tense and past participle of understand …   English dictionary

  • understood — un•der•stood [[t]ˌʌn dərˈstʊd[/t]] v. 1) pt. and pp. of understand 2) agreed upon by all parties 3) implied but not stated: The understood meaning of a danger sign is “Keep away.”[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • understood — The phrase it is understood, when employed as a word of contract in a written agreement, has the same general force as the words it is agreed …   Black’s law dictionary

- past и p. p. от understand

the understood provisos of a custody agreement — негласные условия договора ответственного хранения  
is not clearly understood — недостаточно исследован; полностью не изучен  
it was understood we were to meet at dinner — было условлено, что мы встретимся за обедом  
it will be easily understood — легко понять  
verb may be either expressed or understood — глагол может быть указан или подразумеваться  
is poorly understood — плохо изучен  
not properly understood — непонятый  
the pupils understood the teacher’s reasoning — ученики поняли объяснения учителя  
an understood thing — решённое дело  
be understood — подразумеваться; восприниматься; восприняться  
make oneself understood — уметь объясниться; выражаться ясно; объясняться  

I understood little in his speech.

Я мало что понял в его речи.

The problem is well understood.

Эта проблема хорошо понятна.

He winked and said that he understood.

Он подмигнул и сказал, что он все понял.

I hope I made myself understood.

Надеюсь, я ясно выразился.

An allusion will readily be understood.

Намёк будет легко понят.

How the drug works isn’t fully understood.

Как этот препарат действует — понятно не до конца.

The law had been understood in broad terms.

До этого данный закон понимался в широком смысле.

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Elizabeth understood her husband’s loyalty to his sister.

His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement.

In this document, ‘children’ is understood to mean people under 14.

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Beauty, fashion, and well-being have an understood synergy and work in tandem with one another.


Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 4 Apr. 2023





But instant delivery is a very well understood market both in the U.S. and globally.


Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023





We will be stuck not only with the virus but also with a little-understood and harrowing legacy: Ten to 30 percent of the hundreds of millions infected may suffer from lingering and potentially debilitating symptoms.


Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021





While the processes that drive pole reversal are comparatively less understood, computer simulations of planetary dynamics show that the reversals arise spontaneously.


Chris Holt, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021





Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization.


Gabriel D. Wrobel, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2019





Baez’s Eleanor is infected with a little-understood disease that her father avoids acknowledging directly; its consequences include a nocturnal lifestyle and an appetite, exclusively, for blood.


Daniel D’addario, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022





Create the space so that AR can demonstrate the business impact just as equally as more understood disciplines like marketing and PR.


Regina Hoshimi, Forbes, 27 June 2022





Clients want to feel understood and feel comfortable explaining their issues, without feeling like they will be overlooked.


Ariyana Griffin, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022



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Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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in 1605

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

un•der•stood /ˌʌndɚˈstʊd/USA pronunciation  
v. 

  1. pt. and pp. of understand.

adj.

  1. agreed upon by all parties.
  2. implied but not said in words:The understood meaning of a danger sign is «Keep away.»

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

un•der•stood 
(un′dər stŏŏd),USA pronunciation v. 

  1. pt. and pp. of understand. 

adj.

  1. agreed upon;
    known in advance;
    assented to:It is the understood policy of this establishment to limit credit.
  2. implied but not stated;
    left unexpressed:The understood meaning of a danger sign is «Do not approach.»

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

understood /ˌʌndəˈstʊd/ vb

  1. the past tense and past participle of understand

adj

  1. implied or inferred
  2. taken for granted; assumed

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

un•der•stand /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/USA pronunciation  
v. [not: be + ~ -ing], -stood, -stand•ing. 

  1. to see or perceive the meaning of;
    comprehend: [+ object]to understand a poem.[+ (that) clause]doesn’t understand that he’s not welcome.[no object]Don’t say a word to anyone, understand?
  2. to be familiar with;
    have a thorough knowledge of: [+ object]to understand literature; She understands businesspeople.[no object]She understands about businesspeople.
  3. to interpret or comprehend in a specified way: [+ object + as + object]understood the suggestion as a complaint.[+ object + to + verb]We understood you to mean you agree.
  4. to grasp the significance or importance of: [+ object]He doesn’t understand responsibility.[no object]A child doesn’t understand about death.
  5. to learn or hear:[+ (that) clause]I understand that you were ill.
  6. to regard as agreed or settled;
    assume:[+ (that) clause]We understand that you will repay this loan.
  7. to infer (something not stated):[+ object]In sentences that are commands, like Run!, the subject you is understood.
  8. to accept something tolerantly, or with forgiveness or sympathy:[no object]If you can’t come to the funeral, I will understand.

un•der•stand•a•ble, adj.: My French was barely understandable.[It + be + ~ + that clause]It’s understandable that you are upset.
un•der•stand•a•bly, adv. See-stan-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

un•der•stand 
(un′dər stand),USA pronunciation v., -stood, -stand•ing. 
v.t.

  1. to perceive the meaning of;
    grasp the idea of;
    comprehend:to understand Spanish; I didn’t understand your question.
  2. to be thoroughly familiar with;
    apprehend clearly the character, nature, or subtleties of:to understand a trade.
  3. to assign a meaning to;
    interpret:He understood her suggestion as a complaint.
  4. to grasp the significance, implications, or importance of:He does not understand responsibility.
  5. to regard as firmly communicated;
    take as agreed or settled:I understand that you will repay this loan in 30 days.
  6. to learn or hear:I understand that you are going out of town.
  7. to accept as true;
    believe:I understand that you are trying to be truthful, but you are wrong.
  8. to construe in a particular way:You are to understand the phrase literally.
  9. to supply mentally (something that is not expressed).

v.i.

  1. to perceive what is meant;
    grasp the information conveyed:She told them about it in simple words, hoping they would understand.
  2. to accept tolerantly or sympathetically:If you can’t do it, I’ll understand.
  3. to have knowledge or background, as on a particular subject:He understands about boats.
  4. to have a systematic interpretation or rationale, as in a field or area of knowledge:He can repeat every rule in the book, but he just doesn’t understand.
  • bef. 900; Middle English understanden, understonden, Old English understondan; cognate with Dutch onderstaan. See under-, stand

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See know 1.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ vb ( -stands, -standing, -stood)

  1. (may take a clause as object) to know and comprehend the nature or meaning of: I understand you, I understand what you mean
  2. (may take a clause as object) to realize or grasp (something): he understands your position
  3. (tr; may take a clause as object) to assume, infer, or believe: I understand you are thinking of marrying
  4. (transitive) to know how to translate or read: can you understand Spanish?
  5. (tr; may take a clause as object; often passive) to accept as a condition or proviso: it is understood that children must be kept quiet
  6. (transitive) to be sympathetic to or compatible with: we understand each other

Etymology: Old English understandan; related to Old Frisian understonda, Middle High German understān step under; see under, stand

ˌunderˈstandable adj ˌunderˈstandably adv

understood‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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  • Abkhaz: аилкаара (ajlkʼaara)
  • Afrikaans: verstaan
  • Albanian: kuptoj (sq), përvetësoj (sq), ftillohem (sq)
  • American Sign Language: SmallO@NearSfhead-PalmBack Release
  • Amharic: ተረዳ (täräda)
  • Andi: бичӏчӏунну (biččʼunnu)
  • Arabic: فَهِمَ (ar) (fahima)
    Egyptian Arabic: فهم(fihim)
    Moroccan Arabic: فهم(fhem)
    South Levantine Arabic: فهم(fihim, fihem)
  • Armenian: հասկանալ (hy) (haskanal)
  • Aromanian: duchescu, prindu, achicãsescu, ntsileg, apucupescu, ayrãxescu
  • Assamese: বুজা (buza) (to realise), বুজি পোৱা (buzi püa) (to know)
  • Asturian: entender (ast)
  • Avar: бичӏчӏизе (biččʼize)
  • Azerbaijani: anlamaq (az), başa düşmək, qanmaq, başı çıxmaq
  • Bashkir: аңлау (aŋlaw), төшөнөү (töşönöw)
  • Basque: ulertu
  • Belarusian: разуме́ць impf (razumjécʹ), зразуме́ць pf (zrazumjécʹ)
  • Bengali: বোঝা (bn) (bōjha)
  • Bikol Central: sabot (bcl)
  • Breton: kompren (br)
  • Bulgarian: разби́рам (bg) impf (razbíram)
  • Burmese: နားလည် (my) (na:lany)
  • Buryat: ойлгохо (ojlgoxo), мэдэхэ (medexe)
  • Catalan: entendre (ca), comprendre (ca)
  • Cebuano: sabot
  • Chechen: кхета (qeta)
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎵᎦ (goliga)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 明白 (ming4 baak6)
    Dungan: минбый (minbɨy), дун (dun)
    Mandarin: 明白 (zh) (míngbái),  (zh) (dǒng), 了解暸解 (zh) (liǎojiě), 理解 (zh) (lǐjiě), 看得懂 (kàndedǒng) (read and understand), 聽得懂听得懂 (zh) (tīngdedǒng) (listen and understand)
  • Czech: rozumět (cs) impf
  • Danish: forstå (da), fatte, begribe
  • Dolgan: туолкулаа (tuolkulaa)
  • Dutch: begrijpen (nl) (concepts and ideas), verstaan (nl) (language, “verstaan” usually means “to hear clearly”. You “verstaat” an utterance), snappen (nl)
  • Dzongkha: ཧ་གོ (ha go)
  • Esperanto: kompreni
  • Estonian: mõistma (et)
  • Faroese: skilja, forstanda
  • Finnish: ymmärtää (fi), osata (fi), tajuta (fi), käsittää (fi), älytä (fi), (colloquial) kässätä (fi), (slang) snaijata (fi), (slang) bonjata (fi), (slang) hiffata (fi)
  • Franco-Provençal: entendre, comprendre, cheveir
  • French: comprendre (fr)
  • Friulian: capî
  • Galician: entender (gl)
  • Gallurese: cumprindí
  • Georgian: გაგება (gageba)
  • German: verstehen (de), begreifen (de)
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan)
  • Greek: καταλαβαίνω (el) (katalavaíno), κατανοώ (el) (katanoó)
    Ancient: συνίημι (suníēmi), ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai)
  • Greenlandic: paasivaa
  • Hawaiian: maopopo
  • Hebrew: הֵבִין (he) (hevín)
  • Higaonon: nakasabut
  • Hindi: समझना (hi) (samajhnā)
  • Hungarian: ért (hu), megért (hu), felfog (hu)
  • Icelandic: skilja (is)
  • Indonesian: memahami (id), mengerti (id)
  • Ingrian: arvata, ymmärtää
  • Ingush: кхета (qeta)
  • Interlingua: comprender
  • Irish: tuig
  • Istro-Romanian: kapęi, âncelege, razumęi
  • Italian: capire (it), comprendere (it), intendere (it)
  • Japanese: 分かる (ja) (わかる, wakaru), 理解する (ja) (りかいする, rikai suru)
  • Javanese: weruh (jv), ngerti (jv)
  • Kalmyk: ухх (uhh)
  • Kazakh: түсіну (kk) (tüsınu), ұғу (kk) (ūğu)
  • Khmer: យល់ (km) (yŭəl), ស្ដាប់ (km) (sdap)
  • Konkani: कळचे (kaḷce), अर्थ जांव्चे (arth zāvce)
  • Korean: 알다 (ko) (alda), 이해하다 (ko) (ihaehada), 리해하다 (rihaehada) (North Korea)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: تێگەیشت(têgeyişt), سەر لێ دەرچون(ser lê derçun)
  • Kyrgyz: түшүнүү (ky) (tüşünüü), угуу (ky) (uguu)
  • Ladin: capir
  • Lakota: okáȟniǧA
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າໃຈ (lo) (khao chai)
  • Latin: intellegō (la), comprehendō, percipio, scio (la), conspicio, teneo (la), capio (la), exaudio, video (la), interpretor, subaudio
  • Latvian: saprast
  • Lithuanian: suprasti (lt)
  • Low German:
    German Low German: begriepen (nds), verstahn
  • Macedonian: ра́збира impf (rázbira)
  • Malay: memahami
  • Maltese: fehem
  • Manchu: ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠮᠪᡳ (ulhimbi)
  • Maori: mātau, aro, orotau, aweko
  • Mongolian: ойлгох (mn) (ojlgox), мэдэх (mn) (medex), ухах (mn) (uxax)
  • Navajo: adiistsʼaʼ, bidiistsʼaʼ, bidiistsʼį́į́h
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr: ferstun, begrip
    Hallig: ferstööne, begripe
    Mooring: ferstönje, begripe
  • Northern Sami: ipmirdit
  • Norwegian: forstå (no), skjønne (no), kunne (no)
  • Occitan: entendre (oc), comprendre (oc)
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    Cyrillic: разоумѣти impf (razuměti)
  • Old English: understandan, onġietan
  • Old Saxon: farstandan, bikunnan, undarhuggian
  • Oriya: ବୁଝିବା (or) (bujhiba)
  • Oromo: hubachuu
  • Ossetian: ӕмбарын (æmbaryn)
  • Pashto: پوهېدل (ps) (pohedal)
  • Persian: فهمیدن (fa) (fahmidan)
  • Polish: rozumieć (pl) impf, zrozumieć (pl) pf, pojmować (pl) impf, pojąć (pl) pf, być świadomym znaczenia impf
  • Portuguese: compreender (pt), entender (pt), perceber (pt)
  • Romanian: înțelege (ro), pricepe (ro)
  • Romansch: chapir, capir, tgapeir, encleger, entelgir, entellir, antalir, ancleir, incler, incleger
  • Russian: понима́ть (ru) impf (ponimátʹ), поня́ть (ru) pf (ponjátʹ), разуме́ть (ru) impf (razumétʹ) (dated)
  • S’gaw Karen: နၢ်ပၢၢ် (na̱ puẖ)
  • Sanskrit: जानाति (sa) (jānāti)
  • Sardinian: cumprèndhere, cumprendi
    Logudorese: appetzare, attibbìre, cumprèndere, suppentire
  • Sassarese: cumprindí
  • Scots: ken, unnerstaund
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: (Ekavian) разумети impf, (Ijekavian) разумјети impf
    Roman: (Ekavian) razumeti (sh) impf, (Ijekavian) razumjeti (sh) impf
  • Shan: ပွင်ႇၸႂ် (shn) (pàung tsǎue)
  • Sicilian: capiri (scn), cumprènniri, ntènniri (scn)
  • Sinhalese: තේරෙනවා (tērenawā)
  • Slovak: rozumieť impf
  • Slovene: razuméti (sl) impf
  • Somali: fahmid (so), kasid
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: rozměś impf, zrozměś pf
    Upper Sorbian: rozumić impf, zrozumić pf
  • Spanish: entender (es), comprender (es), coger (es)
  • Swahili: elewa (sw)
  • Swedish: förstå (sv)
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠥꠎꠣ (buza)
  • Tagalog: maintindihan, alamin, batirin
  • Tajik: фаҳмидан (tg) (fahmidan)
  • Tamil: புரிந்து (purintu)
  • Tatar: аңларга (tt) (añlarga)
  • Telugu: గ్రహించుట (te) (grahiñcuṭa)
  • Thai: เข้าใจ (th) (kâo-jai), รู้เรื่อง (th) (rúu-rʉ̂ʉang), ทราบ (th) (sâap)
  • Tibetan: ཧ་གོ (ha go)
  • Tocharian B: kärs-
  • Tok Pisin: save (tpi)
  • Turkish: anlamak (tr)
  • Turkmen: düşünmek
  • Tuvan: угаар (ugaar), билир (bilir)
  • Udmurt: валаны (valany)
  • Ukrainian: розумі́ти (uk) impf (rozumíty), зрозумі́ти pf (zrozumíty)
  • Urdu: سمجھنا(samajhnā)
  • Uyghur: چۈشەنمەك(chüshenmek), بىلمەك(bilmek), ئاڭقارماق(angqarmaq)
  • Uzbek: tushunmoq (uz), anglamoq (uz)
  • Venetian: capir
  • Vietnamese: hiểu (vi) ( (vi))
  • Volapük: suemön (vo)
  • Welsh: deall (cy)
  • West Frisian: ferstean, begripe
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: savut
  • White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרשטיין(farshteyn)
  • Zhuang: roxyiuj, doeng, mingzbeg
  • Zulu: -qonda, -bona
  • ǃXóõ: ta̰ã

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