object

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thing that you can see and touch.

   There was a strange metal object on the table.

2. 2
   verb

   To say that you disagree with or disapprove of something.

   Several neighbours objected to the new building plans.

3. 3
   noun

   The aim or purpose of something.

   The object of the game is to score the most points.

4. 4
   noun

   A person or thing that a feeling is directed toward.

   She had been the object of his affection for years.

5. 5
   noun

   In grammar, the word that receives the action of the verb.

   In the sentence "She read the book," "book" is the object.

Common collocations

• object recognition Noun + noun
• starlike object Adjective + noun
• totemic object Adjective + noun

From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.

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