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public
Adjective
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Something is public if it is about or for all the people.
You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.
public
Noun
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All of the people in a big place like a country.
I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.
Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.
The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.
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.