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"near":{
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire",
"as summer draws near , we usually start planning our annual vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"nearby",
"nigh"
]
},
"being such only when compared to something else":{
"antonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"pure",
"unqualified"
],
"examples":[
"the incessant busyness of the family next-door makes us look like we live in near retirement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"real",
"true"
],
"related":[
"alike",
"comparable",
"similar",
"equal",
"equivalent"
],
"synonyms":[
"almost",
"approximate",
"comparative",
"relative"
]
},
"being the less far of two":{
"antonyms":[
"far",
"farther",
"further",
"opposite",
"other",
"that"
],
"examples":[
"grab the comforter from the near side of the bed and fold it in half"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"remote",
"remoter",
"back",
"outside"
],
"related":[
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"closer",
"hither",
"nigher",
"this"
]
},
"close to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please don't cough near me"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"by",
"next to",
"nigh"
]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
],
"examples":[
"it takes somewhere near an hour to get there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"related":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
]
},
"closely acquainted":{
"antonyms":[
"distant"
],
"examples":[
"only her nearest friends know she's pregnant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unfriendly",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"related":[
"clannish",
"close-knit",
"tight-knit",
"affable",
"boon",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hearty",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"easy",
"snug",
"amicable",
"neighborly",
"confidential",
"secretive",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"dear",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"close",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"thick",
"tight"
]
},
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
"antonyms":[
"nonnatural",
"nonrealistic",
"unnatural",
"unrealistic"
],
"examples":[
"the dress is made from a near silk that would fool anyone but an expert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissimilar",
"off",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"incomparable",
"unmatched",
"contrasted",
"contrasting",
"different",
"disparate",
"fake",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"related":[
"alike",
"like",
"matching",
"similar",
"verisimilar",
"akin",
"analogous",
"approximate",
"comparable",
"resembling",
"accurate",
"close",
"faithful",
"true",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"expressive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"gritty",
"vivid"
],
"synonyms":[
"lifelike",
"living",
"natural",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"photo-realistic",
"realistic",
"three-dimensional"
]
},
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
],
"examples":[
"the famous prediction that in the near future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"related":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
]
},
"to a close degree":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"copy the artist's drawing into your own sketchbook as near as you can"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"remotely"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"closely",
"nearly"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"examples":[
"as the procession nears , you'll be able to take a better picture of the graduates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"related":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"nigh"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"antonyms":[
"go",
"recede (from)",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"examples":[
"as we near the church, you'll be able to see the bas-relief sculptures better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"related":[
"drop in",
"enter",
"pop (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"come",
"nigh"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition",
"verb"
],
"very close to but not completely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's near six o'clock, so we should start preparing dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"related":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
]
}
},
"near miss":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"related":[
"squeaker"
],
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"close shave"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearest":{
"as in inner , innermost":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in nearby , close":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nearsightedness":{
"as in myopia":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neaten":{
"to make neat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"neatened the living room in anticipation of company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"pick up",
"redd (up or out)",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"nebulous":{
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"examples":[
"made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"related":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"pellucid"
],
"examples":[
"could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure"
],
"related":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"indiscernible",
"inexplicable",
"mysterious",
"obfuscatory",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"opaque",
"pale",
"shadowy",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"necessary":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
],
"examples":[
"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
]
},
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
"antonyms":[
"avoidable",
"evadable",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
],
"examples":[
"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preventable",
"preventible",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"unclear",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"improbable",
"unlikely"
],
"related":[
"decided",
"definite",
"settled",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"destined",
"fated",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained",
"inexorable",
"relentless",
"unremitting",
"unstoppable"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"ineluctable",
"ineludible",
"inescapable",
"inevitable",
"sure",
"unavoidable",
"unescapable"
]
},
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"food and water are necessary for survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"necessitating":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
],
"examples":[
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"related":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necessitous":{
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"related":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
],
"examples":[
"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"related":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"pressing",
"urgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needed":{
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"pack only what will be needed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
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"adjective"
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},
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"urgent"
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]
},
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"examples":[
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],
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"prosperous"
],
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]
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"adjective"
]
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"nullified",
"atoned (for)",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"redeemed",
"redressed",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"overrode",
"overruled"
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],
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"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"counterpoised",
"made up (for)",
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"restricted",
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"reprobated",
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],
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"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
],
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"embraced",
"espoused",
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"announced",
"asserted",
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"maintained",
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]
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"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
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],
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"sanctioned",
"elected",
"supported"
],
"related":[
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"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
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"killed",
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"shot down",
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"accepted",
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"approved"
],
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"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
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"forbad",
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]
},
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]
},
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"advantages",
"assets",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses"
],
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"examples":[
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"the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m."
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],
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"vantages",
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"jumps",
"leads",
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"starts",
"ascendancies",
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"masteries",
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"superiorities",
"supremacies",
"transcendences",
"upper hands",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"breaks",
"opportunities",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help"
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],
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"albatross",
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"impairments",
"failings",
"shortcomings",
"bars",
"catches",
"checks",
"clogs",
"crimps",
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"hindrances",
"hitches",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"rubs",
"shackles",
"stops",
"trammels"
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],
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"debits",
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"incommodities",
"liabilities",
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]
},
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"a vote or decision against something":{
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"positives",
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"yeses",
"yesses"
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],
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"in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission"
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],
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"pros",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"graces"
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],
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"cons",
"blackballs",
"vetoes",
"denials",
"negations",
"refusals"
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],
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"nays",
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]
},
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"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
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"offsets"
]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
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"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
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],
"examples":[
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"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
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"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
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"vouchsafes"
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"represses",
"restrains",
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"declines",
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"reprobates",
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]
},
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"to declare not to be true":{
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"acknowledges",
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],
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"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
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],
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"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
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],
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"contradicts",
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"disowns",
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"rejects",
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]
},
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"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
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"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
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"examples":[
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"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
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],
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"admits",
"allows",
"approves",
"assents (to)",
"passes",
"sanctions",
"elects",
"supports"
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],
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"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"blacklists"
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],
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"blackballs",
"downs",
"kills",
"nixes",
"shoots down",
"vetoes"
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]
},
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"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
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"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
],
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"retracts",
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"bypasses",
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"throws over",
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"verb"
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"neutering",
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"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
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"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
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"making up (for)",
"neutralizing",
"offsetting"
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"conceding",
"granting",
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"OK'ing",
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],
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"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
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"licencing",
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"consenting (to)",
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"according",
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"vouchsafing"
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"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
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"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
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"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"nixing",
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"rejecting",
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"admitting",
"allowing",
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"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
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"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
],
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"embracing",
"espousing",
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"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
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"professing",
"submitting",
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"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
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"traversing",
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"confuting",
"disproving",
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"disagreeing (with)",
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"confirming",
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"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
],
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"allowing",
"approving",
"assenting (to)",
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"supporting"
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"refusing",
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"downing",
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"shooting down",
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]
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"accepting",
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"approving"
],
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"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
],
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"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
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"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
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"foreswearing",
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"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
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"detouring",
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"denying",
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"revoking"
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"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
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"your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday"
],
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"compliance",
"discharge",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment"
],
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"heedlessness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"laxity"
],
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"default",
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"dereliction",
"failure",
"misprision",
"negligence",
"nonfeasance",
"oversight"
]
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"keeping",
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],
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"for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down"
],
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"conservation",
"preservation",
"upkeep"
],
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"negligence",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"dereliction",
"deterioration",
"disintegration",
"dumpiness",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
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"desolation",
"dilapidation",
"disrepair",
"seediness"
]
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"heed",
"mind",
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"tend (to)"
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"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
],
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"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"pamper",
"remember",
"listen (to)",
"watch",
"follow",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"remark"
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"miss",
"omit",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off",
"slough (off)",
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"pooh",
"scorn",
"scant",
"skimp"
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"ignore",
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"attend (to)",
"remember"
],
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"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
],
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"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"keep up",
"maintain"
],
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"forget",
"shirk"
]
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"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
],
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"heed",
"mind",
"remember",
"keep",
"observe",
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"practice",
"practise",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"meet",
"satisfy",
"comply (with)"
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"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"pretermit",
"slight",
"slide",
"slip",
"default",
"skip"
],
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"forget",
"omit"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"negligible":{
"lacking importance":{
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"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
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"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
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"the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored"
],
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"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
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"great",
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"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
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"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
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"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
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"good"
],
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"there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it"
],
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"distinct",
"significant",
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"goodly",
"healthy",
"largish",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
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"substantial",
"tidy"
],
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"minimal",
"minor",
"little",
"tiny"
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"fragile",
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"off",
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"slight",
"slim",
"small"
]
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"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
],
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"the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it"
],
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"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
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"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
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"footling",
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"inconsiderable",
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"measly",
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"no-account",
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"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
]
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]
},
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"negotiant":{
"as in negotiator , bargainer":{
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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},
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},
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"as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
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},
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]
},
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"negotiation":{
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
],
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"haggle",
"horse trade",
"accord",
"arrangement",
"bargain",
"concurrence",
"consensus",
"deal",
"understanding",
"agreement",
"settlement",
"mediation",
"treaty"
],
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"accommodation",
"compromise",
"concession",
"give-and-take"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
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"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
],
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"arrangements",
"bargains",
"concurrences",
"consensuses",
"deals",
"understandings",
"agreements",
"settlements",
"mediations",
"treaties"
],
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"compromises",
"concessions",
"give-and-takes"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"an adjoining region or space":{
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"we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome"
],
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"surround",
"surroundings"
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"backyard",
"environs",
"purlieus",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
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},
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"a movie that's said to have cost in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars"
],
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"nearness",
"proximity"
],
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"matter",
"tune",
"vicinity"
]
},
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
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"examples":[
"are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood ?"
],
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"related":[
"belt",
"zone",
"department",
"division",
"part",
"precinct",
"ward",
"area",
"backyard",
"locality",
"place",
"region",
"barrio",
"enclave",
"ghetto",
"hood",
"'hood"
],
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"district",
"nabe",
"quarter",
"section"
]
},
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"invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party"
],
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"related":[
"city",
"commune",
"hamlet",
"town",
"village",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"citizenry",
"culture",
"people",
"populace",
"public",
"society"
],
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"community"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"nemesis":{
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"antonyms":[
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"examples":[
"irrationality is the nemesis of democracy, for good government depends upon the wisdom of the electorate"
],
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"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"armor",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"danger",
"hazard",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
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"affliction",
"bane",
"curse",
"scourge"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots"
],
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"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
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"revenger",
"redresser",
"righter",
"requiter"
],
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"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante"
]
},
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"social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores"
],
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"amnesty",
"indemnity",
"pardon",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"release",
"commutation",
"reprieve",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
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"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"mulct",
"example",
"sentence",
"confinement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denouncement",
"censure",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
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"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath"
]
},
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},
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"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
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},
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"suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments"
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},
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"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
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},
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},
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},
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"wore a veil of netting"
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"marquisette",
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"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
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"a few nettlesome details that still required attention"
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"adjective"
]
},
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"as in abnormality , weirdness":{
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"noun"
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]
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"as in desexed , altered":{
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},
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"neutering":{
"to remove the sex organs of":{
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"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
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"fixing"
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"verb"
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"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
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"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
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"offset"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"antonyms":[],
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"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
],
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"revived"
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"verb"
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},
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"reviving"
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"whacking"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"newcomer":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"examples":[
"he's a newcomer to ice hockey"
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"master",
"pro",
"professional"
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"dabbler",
"dilettante",
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"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
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"probationer"
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"cub",
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"freshman",
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"newbie",
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"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
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"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
]
},
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"noun"
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},
"newscast":{
"a radio or television program that reports the news":{
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"examples":[
"the nightly TV newscast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"newscasters were scrambling to put together an updated report after the unexpected turn of events"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
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"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
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"newsies",
"newsmen",
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"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
],
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"newsreaders"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"newsman":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
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"examples":[
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
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"related":[
"announcer",
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"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
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"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
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"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"the legendary BBC newsreader now has her own current affairs program"
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"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
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"newscaster"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in broadcaster , newscaster":{
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
],
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"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
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"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
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"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"liked to read the newspaper every morning"
],
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"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines"
],
"related":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb"
],
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"beak",
"bill",
"nib"
],
"related":[
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"muzzle",
"mandible",
"maw",
"maxilla"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"with her round glasses perched on her small neb , the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance"
],
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"beak",
"conk",
"honker",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
],
"related":[
"pug",
"pugnose"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsletters":{
"a short written report that tells about the recent activities of an organization and that is sent to members of the organization":{
"examples":[
"the club's monthly newsletter"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
"netted":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
],
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"caught up",
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"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
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"captured",
"collared",
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"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
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"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
],
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"glommed",
"got",
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"hooked",
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"nailed",
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"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
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"snatched",
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],
"related":[
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"roped",
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"cornered",
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"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
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"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
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"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
],
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"cleared"
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"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"made",
"realized",
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"raked (in)",
"cleaned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grossed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}
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