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obtain

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  1. to get something that you want, especially through your own effort, skill or work
  2. if a situation, system or rule obtains, it continues to exist
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outer

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  1. further from the centre of something

2. relating to objects, activities etc that are part of the world, as opposed to your own thoughts and feelings

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oblige

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  1. if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc makes it necessary
  2. to do something that someone has asked you to do
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owing

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1.if money is owing, it has not yet been paid to the person who should receive it

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one-sided

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  1. considering or showing only one side of a question, subject etc in a way that is unfair
  2. an activity or competition that is one-sided is one in which one person or side is much stronger or does much more than the other
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objective (n./a.)

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  1. something that you are trying hard to achieve, especially in business or politics
  2. a place that you are trying to reach, especially in a military attack
  3. based on facts, or making a decision that is based on facts rather than on your feelings or beliefs
  4. existing outside the mind as something real, not only as an idea
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