specific object

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandobject

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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 ofspecificandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, this does not necessitate their conceptualization asspecificobject.
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In examples (1) and (2), this case marks a topicalspecificobject.
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It is for aspecificobject.
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In any case, it uses the expression "specificobject".
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They gave a notice for aspecificobject.
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Subsection (8) is put in for aspecificobject.
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It was sent back with aspecificobject.
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That was theirspecificobjectin imposing the credit squeeze.
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Spatial relations exist between objects of any type and it is limiting to consider the composition of onlyspecificobjectshapes.
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An attentional device that produces this result may work well enough to start a child's learning of aspecificobjectname.
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When children hear a new word that refers to aspecificobject, such as a dog, they are faced with a choice.
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For instance, as a rule, a word does not designate aspecificobjector animal, but a category of objects or animals.
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The claim of a discipline to autonomy is best secured if its practitioners can demonstrate that they have aspecificobjectwhich demands specific methods of study.
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It was intelligible and it sought to achieve aspecificobject.
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All these clubs have somespecificobjectapart from the selling of liquor.
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The document describes in some detail as aspecificobjectthe training needs of individuals.
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I rise for the purpose of saying a few words with aspecificobject.
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As we have seen, there is no guarantee that thespecificobjectof worship ever is a (or the) member of the kind picked out by the positing description.
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They are formulated without taking into account how to keep them satisfied; each of them is simply a piece of truth relative to the behaviour of thespecificobject.
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That is, we could compare whether pre-exposing children to a member of the same kind versus pre-exposing children to aspecificobjectdifferentially affects their subsequent word mapping.
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Is it not the case that we are not raising the duty on anyspecificobjectwhich is imported?
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What is thespecificobjectof the information to control traffic combines which are given certain advantages?
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That speech was made deliberately with one object, and words were put in with one clear andspecificobject.
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Thespecificobjectfor which the land was acquired was for the purpose of clearing a slum area.
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Why not do it by relating to thespecificobjectwhat is really sought to be done?
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