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simple
Adjective
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A simple task is easy to do and easy to understand.
Baking this cake is very simple as it only has 3 steps.
It's a simple book for learners to read and understand.
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Something that is simple is basic and not complicated.
She was poor and only had a simple dress.
Their plan was very simple.
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A simple person is not intelligent (we sometimes use this in a bad way)
He isn't a bad boy, he's just a little simple.
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In grammar, the simple aspect is used when the speaker sees the situation as complete (compare progressive aspect).
"I run" is the present simple; "I'm running" is the present progressive.
simple
Noun
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A simple is a medicine that is prepared only from one plant.
object
Noun
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An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.
We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.
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The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.
The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.
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In English grammar, the object of a sentence is a noun or noun phrase that usually comes after the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is receiving the action.
In the sentence, "Yoko ate the bread.", bread is the object.
object
Verb
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If you object to something, you don't agree with it.
Most people will object to being asked to work too much.
access
Noun
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If you have access to something, you can use it, look at it, enter it, etc.
As a student, you have access to all our facilities including the library and computers.
We will seek to provide greater access to personal records held by government.
access
Verb
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If you access something, you get information from it, usually using a computer.
The product enables multiple systems to access a single database.
Users of PCs can access images from the photo CDs using any CD-ROM input device.
protocol
Noun
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A protocol is a set of rules that describes how data is transmitted.
To get the domain name from the domain name server, the other computer has to send the right protocol.