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object

Definition

  • noun: a thing that you can see and touch and that is not alive
  • noun: something material that may be perceived by the senses
  • verb: to disagree with something or oppose something
  • verb: to put forth in opposition or as an 'objection'
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: oppose, goal, end

Examples

  • The book's lead character is both an 'object of' desire and an 'object of' pity. [=the lead character is both desired and pitied by other characters in the book]

  • When they take a vacation, 'money is no object'. [=they don't worry about how much something costs] They always stay at the most expensive places.

  • If 'cost was/were no object' [=if cost did not matter; if we had enough money] we'd buy a new car instead of fixing the old one.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,One of a wizard's most rudimentary\Nskills is levitation... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...or the ability to make objects fly. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Do you have your feathers? Good. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone