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object
noun
a
thing
that
you
can
see
or
touch
,
especially
one
that
is
not
alive
•
The
museum
displayed
a
rare
object
from
ancient
Egypt
.
The
museum
displayed
a
rare
object
from
ancient
Egypt
.
•
Please
don't
touch
that
fragile
object
on
the
shelf
.
Please
don't
touch
that
fragile
object
on
the
shelf
.
From
Latin
"
objectum
"
meaning
"
something
thrown
before
" (
from
"
ob-
"
toward
+
"
iacere
"
to
throw
).
noun
a
goal
or
purpose
that
someone
is
trying
to
achieve
•
The
main
object
of
this
meeting
is
to
plan
the
festival
.
The
main
object
of
this
meeting
is
to
plan
the
festival
.
•
Her
only
object
is
to
help
the
homeless
.
Her
only
object
is
to
help
the
homeless
.
Sense
of
"
goal
"
developed
in
the
early
17th
century
from
the
idea
of
something
toward
which
effort
is
directed
.
verb
to
say
that
you
disagree
with
or
oppose
something
•
Many
residents
object
to
the
plan
to
cut
down
the
old
trees
.
Many
residents
object
to
the
plan
to
cut
down
the
old
trees
.
•
She
will
object
if
we
start
without
her
.
She
will
object
if
we
start
without
her
.
From
Latin
"
objectare
"
meaning
"
to
oppose
"
or
"
throw
in
the
way
",
developing
its
modern
sense
in
the
late
Middle
English
period
.
noun
in
grammar
,
a
noun
,
pronoun
,
or
phrase
that
receives
the
action
of
a
verb
or
shows
what
the
action
affects
•
In
the
sentence
"
I
like
apples
", "
apples
"
is
the
object
.
In
the
sentence
"
I
like
apples
", "
apples
"
is
the
object
.
•
The
student
underlined
each
direct
object
in
the
paragraph
.
The
student
underlined
each
direct
object
in
the
paragraph
.
Adopted
into
grammatical
terminology
in
the
mid-18th
century
,
reflecting
the
part
of
a
sentence
that
something
is
‘
thrown
against
’
by
the
verb
.
