object
- object
♦♦
objects, objecting, objected
(The noun is pronounced [[t]ɒ̱bʤɪkt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]əbʤe̱kt[/t]].)
1) N-COUNT An object is anything that has a fixed shape or form, that you can touch or see, and that is not alive.
He squinted his eyes as though he were studying an object on the horizon.
...an object the shape of a coconut...
In the cosy consulting room the children are surrounded by familiar objects.
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N-COUNT: usu with
poss The
object of what someone is doing is their aim or purpose.
The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity...
He made it his object in life to find the island...
My object was to publish a scholarly work on Peter Mourne.
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N-COUNT: N of
n The
object of a particular feeling or reaction is the person or thing it is directed towards or that causes it.
The object of her hatred was 24-year-old model Ros French...
The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha...
She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.
4) N-COUNT In grammar, the object of a verb or a preposition is the word or phrase which completes the structure begun by the verb or preposition.
5) VERB If you object to something, you express your dislike or disapproval of it.
[V to n] A lot of people will object to the book...
[V that] Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work...
We objected strongly but were outvoted...
[V with quote] `Hey, I don't know what you're talking about,' Russo objected.
6)
PHRASE: V inflects (
emphasis) If you say that
money is no object or
distance is no object, you are emphasizing that you are willing or able to spend as much money as necessary or travel whatever distance is required.
Hugh Johnson's shop in London has a range of superb Swedish crystal glasses that I would have if money were no object...
Although he was based in Wales, distance was no object.
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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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