object
Speech parts
1. object - Noun
2. object - Adjective
3. object - Verb
Meaning
To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause.
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
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In the measure that love for the flesh prevails in you, you can never become brave and dauntless, on account of the host of adversaries that constantly surround the object of your love.
Wherever impudent assurance exists, it has but one object in view, to speak at all hazards, it cares not what.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
It is better to be the object of jealousy, than of pity.
A good payer will not object to leaving a deposit.
An object of pity even to a foe.