object
- object
- I UK [ˈɒbdʒekt] / US [ˈɑbdʒəkt]
noun countable]
Word forms "object":
singular object
plural objects
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1) a thing that you can see and touch that is not alive and is usually solid
The boat seemed to bump against some solid object.
candles, vases, and other household objects
There are 6,000 objects in the museum's collection.
2) something that you plan to achieve
His object was to gain time until help could arrive.
The decision was made with the object of cutting costs.
3) the person or thing that something happens to or that people have a particular feeling about
object of:
She had become an object of desire for him.
The band is currently the object of much media attention.
His behaviour had made him an object of ridicule.
4) linguistics a noun, pronoun, or phrase that is affected in a direct way by the action of a verb, for example "the report" in "I've read the report".
a) a noun, pronoun, or phrase that is affected in an indirect way by the action of a verb, for example "me" in "Give me the pen".
b) a noun, pronoun, or phrase that comes after a preposition, for example "the bed" in "He was lying on the bed".
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II UK [əbˈdʒekt] / US / US [ɑbˈdʒekt]
verb intransitive]
Word forms "object":
present tense
I/you/we/they object
he/she/it objects
present participle objecting
past tense objected
past participle objected
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to be opposed to something, or to express your opposition to it in words
I'll take care of it, unless anyone objects.
Local residents objected to the proposed development.
Some people object that the new road will create more traffic.
I object to paying that much for milk.
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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with object
▪ bitterly, formally, strenuously, strongly, vehemently, vigorously
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Object — Ob*ject ([o^]b*j[e^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Objected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Objecting}.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see {Ob }) + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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