to object
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈɑbdʒɛkt/
- Many residents object to the proposed construction of the new highway.
- object to the idea
- strongly object
- strenuously object
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Watch on YouTubeYou wouldn't just object, you would be appalled.
- You wouldn't just object, you would be appalled.
- We really should object to being fed nonsense.
- I think that, yeah, I object to this, this wild goose chase.
- And he kind of threw in the towel and ended up not objecting to the bill.
- And then he says somebody might object there's a moral and spiritual beauty.
- As if is something that people might object to.
- Why the streets of London are not shut down by people objecting to that?
- Some scientists and environmentalists strongly object to this.
- During which the SEC could object expires at midnight today.
Examples
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Your Honor, I object to this line of questioning.
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The president, of course, objected to any restrictions on his freedom of action.
Academic text (1999) -
No, we object to paying for it.
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It's not the tea I object to.
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It's so close to lunch, would anybody object if we took an hour now?
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- I object to that tone.
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We really should object to being fed nonsense.
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Mr. Lincoln, I must strenuously object to the presence of a fallen woman in my fort.
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- We object!
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Your Honor, I object!
Synonyms
760
1.9
Refuse to accept someone or something
610
2.9
To be against something and try to stop it
305
4.0
To strongly criticize someone or something publicly
80
2.9
To think something is wrong or bad and show it
21
4.2
To think something is not acceptable
18
3.9
To show that you do not approve of something, often for social or official reasons
2
5.7
To dislike and not support people or things
Antonyms
Compounds
A flying object seen in the sky whose origin is not known and often thought to be from space
- Specialized
1
4.9
A way to write programs that keeps data and the actions that use it together to organize and reuse code
- Informal
1
7.4
A new, flashy thing that attracts attention but has little real use
1
3.9
A word or group of words that names people and things and receives the action of a verb
- Specialized
1
8.1
A language that a translator or program creates from another language
- Specialized
1
4.4
The way the eyes and brain see and tell what objects are, like a cup or car
1
5.1
A person or thing that gets the benefit of an action, often with a direct object
- Specialized
1
3.7
A noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition to complete its meaning
- Jargon
1
8.2
A habit of being easily distracted and leaving tasks for new ideas
- Specialized
1
6.2
A computer language that uses objects and classes to organize code
- Specialized
1
6.7
A database that keeps data and the programs that use it together, good for storing images and videos
- Specialized
The curved piece of glass in a microscope or telescope nearest the object that makes the first image
- Specialized
A database that stores data as items that behave like parts of a program
- Specialized
A thing that stays in a passive sentence, usually the thing the action happens to
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Object as a verb comes from Latin ob- ('against') and jacere ('to throw'), so it once meant 'to throw against' or put an idea against another. That's why to object is to say you are against something or to show disapproval.