object
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(noun) a physical (tangible and visible) entity; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
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Synonyms: physical object |
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Related Words: artefact, artifact, body of water, catch, commodity, draw, dry land, earth, enclosure, entity, expanse, extent, film, finding, goods, ground, growth, head, ice, land, location, lot, matter, moon, natural enclosure, natural object, neighbor, neighbour, paring, parings, part, portion, pounder, remains, ribbon, shiner, soil, solid ground, something, substance, terra firma, thread, vagabond, wall, water, web |
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(verb) express or raise an objection or protest; express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with" |
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Related Words: carp, cavil, challenge, chicane, demur, disapprove, except, mind, raise hell, reject, remonstrate, take exception |
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(noun) the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
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Related Words: antipathy, center, center of attention, cognitive content, content, infatuation, love, mental object, passion |
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(noun) a grammatical constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb" |
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Related Words: constituent, direct object, grammatical constituent, indirect object, object of a preopsition, object of the verb, prepositional object, retained object |
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(noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
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Synonyms: aim, objective, target |
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Related Words: business, end, goal, point, thing |
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