object

1. 1.

   express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

   “She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with”

   “When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license”

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2. 2.

   be averse to or express disapproval of

   “My wife objects to modern furniture”

   Broaderbe

Other forms of object

plural

objects·

past tense

objected·

present participle

objecting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about object

What does object mean?

object means "a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in object?

object has 2 syllables: ob-ject. The stress falls on "ob". In IPA it is /ˈɑbdʒɛkt/.

What is another word for object?

Close synonyms include physical object, aim, objective, target. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is object a common word?

object is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.