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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.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
contract
Noun
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A contract is a legal agreement to trade goods, services and/or property. It's usually written down.
If you would just sign this contract, the car will be yours.
In Japan, most worker’s employment contracts last until the age of sixty.
My father’s employment contract is for forty years.
You must look over the contract before you sign it.
contract
Verb
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If something contracts, it gets smaller.
As the wood dries out, it contracts.
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If you contract someone to do a job, you enter into a contract with them.
We've contracted a cleaning company to take care of the office.
When there's too much work, there are a number of small firms to which we will contract it out.
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If you contract a disease, you become sick with it.
It's hard to understand why people risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
He contracted the flu.