beat
beat
bi:t
bit
/biːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "beat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike someone repeatedly, usually causing physical harm or injury
Transitive: to beat sb
to beat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police officer was accused of beating the suspect during the arrest.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŋāϤ

to get more points, votes, etc. than the other side, in a game, race, competition, etc. and win
Transitive: to beat a rival
to beat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She strategized to beat her opponents in the chess tournament and claim victory.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϜāϝāĻŧāϞāĻžāϭ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repeatedly mix something using a spoon, fork, etc.
Transitive: to beat food ingredients
to beat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had to beat the batter for several minutes to remove all the lumps.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻ—ā§‹āρāϜāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧇āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to hit something or someone multiple times in succession
Intransitive: to beat on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police had to beat on the door before anyone answered.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to form or mold something by hitting or striking it repeatedly
Transitive: to beat solid material | to beat solid material into a shape
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carefully beat the silver into a thin, flat sheet.
āϏ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻļā§€āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to produce a rhythmic sound by being struck
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cymbals beat in a loud clash, adding intensity to the song.
āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰāϤāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āϜāĻŋāĻ—āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to sail or navigate a boat or ship in a zigzag course against the wind, tacking back and forth
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ship had to beat into the stiff breeze as it made its way towards the coast.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make repeated movements or strikes in the air
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The helicopter ’s blades beat against the wind, creating a loud hum.
āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻĒā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻĄāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϗ⧁āĻžā§āϜāύ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exert intense, harsh force or pressure
Intransitive: to beat somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Waves beat against the shore, eroding the sandy beach.
āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to walk or move across an area of land, striking the ground or vegetation to flush out game birds for hunting
Transitive: to beat an area of land
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hired a team to beat the fields, hoping to raise some grouse.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāωāϏ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to create or form something by repeatedly stepping, pressing, or driving over it
Transitive: to beat a pathway
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, hikers beat a trail through the dense forest.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āϘāύ āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to create a rhythm or signal by striking something in a repeated pattern
Transitive: to beat an instrument or surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conductor beat time with his baton, guiding the orchestra.
āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāύāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to move the wings up and down, typically as part of flight or in preparation for flight
Transitive: to beat the wings
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the storm approached, the seagull beat its wings against the strong wind.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to create a rhythm or signal by striking something in a repeated pattern
Transitive: to beat a rhythm
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conductor beat time with his baton, guiding the orchestra.
āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧāĻĄāĻŧāĻĢāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pulsate, throb, or beat with regular rhythm
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I could feel my heart beat in my chest as I ran the final stretch of the race.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϧāĻĄāĻŧāĻĢāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to make a regular, steady sound or movement
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The metronome beat to keep time for the pianist's practice.
āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āύ⧋āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϟ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to surpass or outdo someone or something
Transitive: to beat sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her cooking skills beat everyone else at the cooking contest.
āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause extreme tiredness or weariness in someone
Transitive: to beat sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The intense study sessions before exams can really beat a person.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāϤāĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to puzzle or confuse someone
Transitive: to beat sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden disappearance of the ship beats all logic.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to find a way to avoid or overcome an obstacle, rule, or restriction
Transitive: to beat an obstacle or restriction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company found a way to beat the new tax regulations.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§€āϟ, āϤāĻžāϞ

a piece of music's or a poem's main rhythm
beat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In electronic dance music, the bassline provides a driving beat that gets people moving on the dance floor.
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the regular pulsing of the heart or arteries as blood moves through them

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Athletes monitor their heart beat during training.
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a regular route or assigned area for a sentry, officer, or watchman

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each beat is patrolled twice per shift.
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the action of sailing as close as possible toward the direction from which the wind is blowing

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A careful beat allowed the yacht to make headway against the wind.
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a strike, blow, or physical hit

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A beat to the head knocked him backward.
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a regular rate of repetition or cycle, not necessarily musical

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His steps fell in a rhythmic beat.
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the sound produced by a stroke or blow

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He heard the beat of hooves on the ground.
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a pulsation produced when two waves of slightly different frequencies interfere, with a frequency equal to their difference

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Beats occur when two frequencies are nearly identical.
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the fundamental unit of time that forms the basis of musical rhythm

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The composer emphasized the first beat of each bar.
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a brief moment or pause in a scene signaling a change in emotion, thought, or narrative emphasis

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A beat in the dialogue conveyed tension.
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

extremely tired or worn out
beat definition and meaning
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked beat after pulling an all-nighter.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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wearing a full face of makeup, usually applied skillfully and flawlessly
Slang
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I love how her makeup is beat; every detail is perfect.
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beaten
beater
beat
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LanGeek
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