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object in English:

1. objection objection


I have no objection to paying a special fee if it is necessary.
Your objection has been noted.
If there is no objection, we will close the meeting now.
I have a strong objection to being treated like this.
I have no objection
Any such objection must be referred to the chairman of the meeting, whose decision is final.
His conduct is open to grave objection.
Mr. Thomas had no objection to Mr. White being elected chairman.
I'm also in favour so it's three to one. And thus your objection is overruled.
I'm quite all right if you have no objection to it.
The definition of an objection is a statement of disapproval or a reason to dislike something.
I will send you my objections regarding this project.
Her objection to/against the plan is based on incorrect facts.
People always make objections to tax rises.
What objection – I mean what reason for disagreeing – is she raising?

English word "object"(objection) occurs in sets:

word formation

2. objectionable objectionable


No one there could understand why I found this objectionable.
The least objectionable "bridge language", or interethnic language is the planned international language Esperanto.

3. demur


normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred

4. a thing



5. a thing that you can see or touch but is usually not alive



6. object


By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.
Where is this object?
Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.
There may be microscopes involved, bringing us ever closer to the heart of the matter; but even microbiology is objective, adding to knowledge by putting space between an object and its observer.
I suppose that what we mean by beauty is that object, spiritual or material, more often material, which satisfies our aesthetic sense.
Take care to indicate the right object before sending me your email, otherwise it will end up in the spam folder.
I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible passion.
For example, Pepperberg would show Alex an object, such as a green wooden peg or a red paper triangle.
A collection of historical objects from Central America
Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is? "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."
Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.

7. a thing that can be seen or touched



8. object to


I must object to this idea
I object to you smoking here.

9. a thing that can be seen and touched but is not alive



10. to


Go to sleep.
I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.
Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
Look at me when I talk to you!
Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.
Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.
If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.
Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.
Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.
Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.
The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.
You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.
It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.
According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.