I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an object of desire (= someone or something you want very much )
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The store provides cheese lovers with the object of their desire.
an object of pity (= someone who people feel sorry for )
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He was a proud man and he didn't want to be treated as an object of pity.
an object of veneration
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The sun was an object of veneration .
be an object/a subject of curiosity (= be something or someone that makes people curious )
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Anyone new was always the object of our curiosity.
defeat the object/purpose (of the exercise)
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Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
direct object
inanimate object
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an inanimate object
indirect object
object code
object of ridicule
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He had become an object of ridicule among the other teachers.
sex object
solid objects
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The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water.
the object of a verb (= a noun, pronoun etc that an action is done to )
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"The ball" is the object of the verb in "I hit the ball."
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
direct
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The primary pleasures of the imagination derive from direct observation of objects before our eyes.
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The term is usually restricted to nouns and adjectives accompanying a direct object: Have I made this clear?.
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The predictability of the direct objects of gnash and purse is revealed by the pleonastic nature of?
inanimate
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This makes the study of human beings different from that of animals and of inanimate objects .
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Some people, for example, take on the persona of an animal or a monster or an inanimate object .
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It forces them to tease out information from inanimate objects .
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Frankly, I never used to feel guilty about disappointing inanimate objects .
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The Bible as holy literature, the oracles of the Logos, has become for them an inanimate object of scientific investigation.
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It is that of the inanimate disposable object .
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The distinction applies to nouns which refer to animate beings as well as those which refer to inanimate objects .
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If either of these inanimate objects knows you are going to dump it, it will turn on you.
large
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Even large physical objects like stars consist of a rather limited array of parts, more or less haphazardly arranged.
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Also, one photo shows a large object that resembles an iceberg trapped in solid sea ice.
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The largest object for miles, dominating the shallow depression which is the valley of the Ancre, is the Thiepval Memorial.
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Ida and Gaspra are S-type asteroids, stony-iron objects believed to have once been part of larger objects that were partly melted.
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The Safrane's hatchback format comes into its own when large objects need to be transported.
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The more space they take up, the larger the object looks.
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Slightly larger objects , however different and unrelated, should be grouped so that they have something in common like colour or national origin.
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Like giant swells rocking an ocean liner, these waves shook larger objects .
other
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They had indulged them with a capricious dominion, sometimes over the one, sometimes over the other object of desire.
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Now the Collector's finger was pointing at other objects , including even those belonging to himself.
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Whatever it was precipitated an avalanche of other objects which thundered down around him as Charles fell sprawling to the ground.
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Ultimately the individual attempts to attain maturity or mature dependence on other objects in the environment.
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Pressed flowers can be used on many other printed objects , and not necessarily for commercial purposes.
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But then I lose what I most want from it, that it be in a room with other objects .
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It looked newer than any other object in the shed.
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The only other object of immediate interest is the globular cluster M30, near Zeta.
physical
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The term structure is taken from the physical world where objects relate to each other differently.
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Physical knowledge is knowledge of the physical properties of objects derived by the manipulation of objects.
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But they don't literally try to deform the old physical object into the new one.
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And these are just thoughts about the spectacles qua physical objects of a certain size and weight.
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Who is it that owns these physical objects ?
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But the old comfort farmer will hardly need the physical object any longer.
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Second, there are physical objects , indulging in this activity, but constrained by precise mathematical laws.
small
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I looked round for some small objects to work with.
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I place at A a small hard blocking object , of the sort that ruins real pairs of scissors.
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An assistant held up two small objects .
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I have always felt the need to copy nature in small objects , particularly the casual or accidental.
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The search for smaller objects in the outer Solar System has only just started, however.
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By eight months, Hannah could pick up small objects by scooping them up into her fist.
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Figure 5.2 Toads recognize small moving objects as food.
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For small objects , acrylic has pretty much replaced wood.
solid
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When the vibrations meet a solid object like a wall or window it will respond by vibrating,.
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But the feat would be impossible if the wave were a solid object .
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It is suggested that the bat hears echoes of its own squeaks rebounding from solid objects .
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In fact, vibrations travel through solid objects at fixed speeds, just as sound travels through air at a fixed speed.
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All of the objects and characters are solid 3D objects which are calculated in real time.
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The signals reflected back from solid objects like these skulls form an image which can be enhanced by a computer.
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Sound waves travel more easily through solid objects than through the air.
■ NOUN
lesson
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It's an object lesson for all feature writers.
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She was spared the trauma of dinner, the object lesson in human dignity, and the smoke of Revolution.
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The series is an object lesson in, among many other qualities, the differences of gaze.
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The highly sophisticated broadcasting industry offers an object lesson in the inadequacy of current standards of measuring public behavior.
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The regimented society of social insects such as ants and bees is an object lesson in order and organization.
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His experience was an object lesson for young men who are considering a career in government.
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And the ride is an object lesson in suppleness and elimination of vibration.
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The parched remnants were, for Roosevelt, a stark object lesson in the need for animal protection.
■ VERB
become
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We understand how deeply people can become attached to sacred objects .
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The Dynabook turned out to become less a real object than a vision for an object.
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Other regions, which did not happen to pick up a rotation, would become oval-shaped objects called elliptical galaxies.
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Gradually, the enterprise became the object of good-natured office ridicule.
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Thereafter the Bambino became an object of pilgrimage and there are thanks offerings all around.
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Mitchell dragged his steps, his feet telling him to become an immovable object .
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The countryside has a dignity in Piersanti's novel which keeps it from becoming a mere object of nostalgia.
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Ironically, Vivian herself becomes the object of scholarly study.
defeat
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Water quality would not be improved because of the extra load on the system, which defeats the object .
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Hollows attract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproof hat.
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Such a procedure, of course, defeats the object of classification.
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Mere preservation, however, can lead eventually to decay and thus defeats its object .
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This defeats the object of the exercise.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foreign body/matter/object
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Make sure you remove all foreign matter from the wound.
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A group of prisoners was carefully picking foreign bodies from a mound of rice before cooking.
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Even for the last remaining superpower, domestic issues, not foreign matters, dominate national elections.
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Eyes inflamed from trauma or after foreign bodies have been removed.
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Lombardy was stopped and arrested on suspicion of rape by force; rape with a foreign object and false imprisonment.
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Nothing but the thrill of seeing your name in print, alongside your gut-wrenching tale of finding foreign objects in your food.
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Tell everyone to watch out for a foreign body?
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The resulting pellets are termed Type 90 reflecting the high percentage of hop material present compared to water and foreign matters.
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We describe two cases of accidental aspiration of a foreign body after use of a metered dose inhaler.
money is no object
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Choose whatever outfit you want - money no object!
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If money were no object, what kind of house would you want?
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Simon always ordered the best. It was obvious that money was no object.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After his stroke, he was able to name inanimate objects like saws and shovels, but unable to name most living things.
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Children should be able to point to each object as they count it.
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In this game the object is to score as many points as you can in the time given.
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The object of the exercise is to keep kids in school, rather than leaving without graduating.
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The object of the search was to find a small plane that has been missing for two days.
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The sculpture is made from objects he found on beaches in Mexico.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An art object is especially difficult for the critic, as there are many ways in which its description can be approached.
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But we also brought food, stones found along the way, wild flowers, and objects from our personal belongings.
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Deferred imitation is the imitation of objects and events that have not been present for some time.
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It examines some respects in which software is both like and unlike traditional museum objects.
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It is these muscles which make it possible to stand up straight and bend over to lift objects.
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The best approach is therefore for a document processing system to allow the user to define and use logical objects.
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The infant has no concept of objects.
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This enables messages sent from the object database to access information stored in the Sybase system.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
strongly
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The little mite had objected strongly .
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Like his Symbolist friends Gauguin in 1888 strongly objected to illusionist painting.
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This was strongly objected to by another person.
to
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It wasn't the bustling energy she objected to , but the impersonality.
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Local plans on the other hand can be objected to .
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He burned joss sticks in his room, a practice Richard objected to , though it improved the smell of the flat.
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And just what is it that we are objecting to ?
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That's what I really object to .
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I got the impression that there's one bit they particularly object to .
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On the other, different strata among the middle classes found much to object to in the statusquo.
■ NOUN
idea
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If you want to object to the idea , they kill you.
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I always objected to the idea that everything is predetermined and that we have no choice.
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But even he objected to the idea of a security arrangement imposed by foreign powers.
use
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I believe that many readers will object to the use of simulated spectral data throughout the text.
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Those who objected to his use of stages probably did so out of a misunderstanding.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Does anyone object to these proposals?
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His supporters will certainly object if he is fired.
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Rebecca objects to being told what to do.
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The committee strongly objected to the report's recommendations.
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Will she object if I use her laptop?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Britain also objected to the new directive on maternity leave.
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But I have met many who objected to the kind of society it has created because of its injustice and inhumanity.
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By July they were objecting to overseas service at all.
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Human rights groups object to the proposed 50 percent reduction in the number of refugees who could be admitted to the country.
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Local plans on the other hand can be objected to.