a material thing that can be seen and touched

he was dragging a large object

small objects such as shells

a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed

disease became the object of investigation

he hated being the object of public attention

a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition

in Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object

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

say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something

residents object to the volume of traffic

the boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully

‘It doesn't seem natural,’ she objected