object

ob-ject · noun/verb

imported

Definitions

noun/verb

  1. 1.

    A material thing that can be seen and touched.

  2. 2.

    To express disapproval or opposition.

  3. 3.

    A person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed.

  4. 4.

    A goal or purpose.

  5. 5.

    (Grammar) A noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition.

Forms

plural: objects

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    object lesson — a practical example of a principle
  • •
    no object — not a concern or problem (as in "money is no object")

Related words

Antonyms: accept, agree, approve
See also: objection, objective, subject
Synonyms: article, item, oppose, protest, thing

Etymology

From Latin obiectum ("thing put before the mind"), past participle of obicere ("to throw against, present"), from ob- ("against") + iacere ("to throw").