1 a thing that can be seen and touched, but is not alive:
everyday / household objects * Glass and plastic objects lined the shelves.
seealsoUFO
2 ~ of desire, study, attention, etc. a person or thing that sb DESIRES, studies, pays attention to, etc:
the urge to possess the objects of our desire
seealsoSEXOBJECT
3 an aim or a purpose:
Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer. * The object is to educate people about road safety. * If you're late, you'll defeat the whole object of the exercise.
4 (grammar) a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb (called the DIRECTOBJECT), or that the action is done to or for (called the INDIRECTOBJECT)
compareSUBJECT(5)
IDIOMS
expense, money, etc. is no object used to say that you are willing to spend a lot of money:
He always travels first class-expense is no object.
Part of speech: verb
1 [V] ~ (to sb/sth)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is object a noun, verb, or something else?
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