object
- object
object, objective nouns.
Both words have the meaning ‘something sought or aimed at’ and in practice they are often interchangeable, although object is more common when followed by a qualifying construction, e.g. one with in or of (and is exclusively used in the expression object of the exercise):
• Its report is a living document which…will gradually influence public opinion. That was the object of the exercise —Spectator, 1958
• His main objective was to pile up a huge personal fortune —Saul Bellow, 1987.
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object verb.
The stress is on the second syllable (ǝb-jekt), and the word is often followed by to + noun (which can also be a verbal noun):
• Would the lady object to my lighting a pair of candles? —Dickens, 1865
• He also objected strongly to what he called your jack-boot methods when you interviewed Mrs Hurd —R. Simons, 1968
• I have never smoked and I object to being poisoned by other people's indulgence —Liverpool Echo, 1993.
The same construction is used with the noun objection:
• We have no objection at all to helping in what she calls her ‘psychological warfare’ —M. Babson, 1974.
Modern English usage.
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