object

  • noun /objikt/ 1 a material thing that can be seen and touched. 2 a person or thing to which an action or feeling is directed. 3 a goal or purpose. 4 Grammar a noun or noun phrase governed by a transitive verb or by a preposition.

  • verb /bjekt/ express disapproval or opposition.

  — PHRASES no object not influencing or restricting choices or decisions: money is no object.

  — DERIVATIVES objector noun.

  — ORIGIN Latin objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’.

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