object

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ob‧ject

noun

• enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA ^(key): /ˈɒbdʒekt/
• SAMPA: /"QbdZekt/

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verb

• enPR: əb-jĕkt', IPA ^(key): /əbˈdʒekt/
• SAMPA: /@b"dZekt/

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Noun

Singular object

Plural objects

1. (countable) An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.

   We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.

2. (countable) The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.

   The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.

3. (grammar) The object is a type of complement in a verb phrase or preposition phrase with the form of a noun phrase.

   In the sentence Yoko ate the bread, the bread is the object.

Verb

Plain form object

Third-person singular objects

Past tense objected

Past participle objected

Present participle objecting

1. (intransitive) If you object to something, you don't agree with it.

   Most people will object to being asked to work too much.

Related words

• objective
• objection
• objectionable