Object
Definition of object:
part of speech: noun
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
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:
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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.