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.

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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