IMPORT /Im`po:t/ n

1. [C] sth that is brought from one country to another to be sold

2. [U] the process of business of bringing goods into one country to another

3. [U] (formal) importance or meaning

IMPORT /`Impo:t/ v

1. to bring sth from one country to another to sell it

2. (tech) to move information from one computer to another

OBJECT /`obd₃Ikt/ n

1. >THING< [C] a solid thing

2. >AIM< [sing] the intended result of a plan, action or activity…

3. an object of pity /desire/contempt etc. Someone or sth that is pitied…

4. moeny/expense is no object - you`re willing to spend a lot of money

5. object lesson an event or story that shows you the right or wrong way of doing sth

OBJECT /ab`d3ekt/ v

1. [I] to complain or protest about sth, or to feel or say that you oppose

2. [T+that] to state a fact or opinion as a way of opposing sth or complaining

PROGRESS /`pr gres/ n

1. [U] the process of getting better at doing sth

2. make progres: a)to get better at doing sth; b)to move forwards a place;

3. [U] change towards a better society because of developments in science…

4. [U] slow or difficult movement towards a place

PROGRESS /`pr gres/ v

1. to develop over a periofd of time and become sth better or more complete

2. if an activity or situation progresses, it continous to happen or develop gradually

3. to move forward slowly

4. to move on from doing one thing to doing another

DECREASE /`dI:krI:s/ n [C,U]

1. the process of reducing sth, or the amount by which it redusces

DECREASE /dI`krI:s/ v [I,T]

1.to go down to a lower level, or to make sth do this

SUSPECT /`sΛspekt/ n [C]

1. someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime

SUSPECT /sa`spekt/ v [T]

1. to think sth is probably true or llikely, especially sth bad

2. to think that someone is probably guilty

3. to distrust someone or doubt the truth of sth

CONTRACT /`kontrækt/ n [C]

1. a formal written agreement between two or more people, which says what each person must do for the other

2. subject to a contract if an agreement is ~, it hasn`t been agreed formally by a ~

CONTRACT /k∂n`trækt/ v

1. [I] to become smaller or narrower

2. [T] (formal) to begin to have an illness

3. contract to do sth, to sign a contract in whic you agree that you`ll do sth

---