Object

Definition of object:

part of speech: noun

Objector.

part of speech: noun

Anything set or thrown before the mind: that which is sought for: end: motive: ( gram.) that which follows a transitive verb.

part of speech: verb

To urge as a reason against.

part of speech: verb

To make opposition: usually with to; to disapprove.

part of speech: noun

Anything that can be seen or touched; anything that can be known or understood by the mind; motive; end; aim; in grammar, a word, phrase, or clause that receives the action of the verb and completes the predicate; opposite to subject.

part of speech: verb

To offer in opposition.

part of speech: noun

Anything set before the mind or senses; thing perceived or thought of; end; motive.

part of speech: verb

To offer in opposition: to oppose.

Usage examples for object:

• What's the object of it? "The Darling and Other Stories", Anton Chekhov.

• But there was another object "The Orange-Yellow Diamond", J. S. Fletcher.

• If I were her husband, I wouldn't object "San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams", Charles Paul de Kock.

• But then thou art still distant from the object of thy journey. "Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers", Various.