object

noun

• 1a material thing that can be seen and touched:he was dragging a large object small 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 investigation he 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

verb

• 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