inanimate object

collocation in English

meaningsofinanimateandobject

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inanimate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnæn.ɪ.mət/us
/ɪˈnæn.ə.mət/
having none of the characteristics of life that an animal or ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofinanimateandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinanimate object

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Yet any living system is surely more complex than anyinanimateobject.
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The patient was a plastic toy, depicting either an animate orinanimateobject.
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In each block, participants had to judge if a target word referred to an animate orinanimateobject.
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In contrast, caregivers did not flag the use of an adjective for either an animate or aninanimateobject.
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A "body corporate" is essentially aninanimateobject.
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We process information differently depending on whether the object is a human being, an animal, an artefact, or aninanimateobject.
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He was referring to an animate object, not to aninanimateobject.
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Specifically, we hypothesized that the semantic interpretation of ' move ' would differ, depending on whether the subject noun refers to an animal or to aninanimateobject.
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They may be a figure of a person, animal orinanimateobject.
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Statutes and constitutions areinanimateobjectwhich can not speak by themselves.
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The name of the amulet is not the same as that of a simpleinanimateobject.
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That is why these environmental issues should be tendered by theinanimateobjectitself.
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His arm becomes the ultimateinanimateobjectonto which others project their own symbols and meanings.
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Often the addressee is a personified abstract quality orinanimateobject.
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Because of the uniqueness of bringing aninanimateobjectto life, these skits are generally humorous.
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Such art is considered murti, the divine embodied in aninanimateobject.
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They can change into normal members of human society or any animate/inanimateobject.
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This ability enabled the brothers to instantaneously teleport anyinanimateobjectacross the room.
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Far from being aninanimateobjectand a mere clump of cells, the unborn child is sensitive to sound and touch.
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A person feels like aninanimateobjectand there is a continual conversation going across him concerning what is the matter with him—usually in technical terms.
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Sort of like the feeling of being watched, but something that aninanimateobject(especially a place) can possess.
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While one can have sympathy for aninanimateobject, empathy would be impossible as it involves interaction from one another.
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The characters here, usually in a kind of cosplay, are drawn to represent aninanimateobjector popular consumer product.
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