1a material thing that can be seen and touched:he was dragging a large objectsmall objects such as shells
Philosophy a thing external to the thinking mind or subject.
2a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed:disease became the object of investigationhe hated being the object of public attention
a goal or purpose:the Institute was opened with the object of promoting scientific study
3 Grammar a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition:in Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object
4 Computing a data construct that provides a description of anything known to a computer (such as a processor or a piece of code) and defines its method of operation:the interface treats most items, including cells, graphs, and buttons, as objects
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Universal
say something to express one’s disapproval of or disagreement with something: [no object]:residents object to the volume of traffic [with clause]:the boy’s father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully [with direct speech]:‘It doesn’t seem natural,’ she objected
[with object] archaic cite as a reason against something:Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad
no object
not influencing or restricting choices or decisions:a tycoon for whom money is no object
the object of the exercise
the main purpose of an activity:the object of the exercise was to recover stolen property
