Object | Mean of object in English Dictionary

/ˈɑːbʤɪkt/

• Noun
• a thing that you can see and touch and that is not alive
1. There were three objects in the box: a comb, a pen, and a button.
2. an inanimate object [=a thing that is not alive, such as a rock, a chair, a book, etc.]
• someone or something that makes you feel a specified emotion
1. The book's lead character is both an object of desire and an object of pity. [=the lead character is both desired and pitied by other characters in the book]
2. She is the object of his affection.
• someone or something that your attention or interest is directed toward
1. The object of study in her research is the human brain.

• the goal or aim of a plan or action
1. His object is to determine how much the business will cost to operate.
2. The object of the game is to score the most points.
• a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or completes the meaning of a preposition
• Verb
• to disagree with something or oppose something
1. No one objected when the paintings were removed.
2. (law) “Your honor, I object. That question is misleading.”
3. A number of people objected to the proposed changes.
4. Many people object to [=do not like] the amount of violence on television.
• to say (something that explains why you oppose something or disagree)
1. “We can't buy the chair,” he objected. “It won't fit in the car.”
2. He objected that the chair was too big to fit in the car.