Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to object
Participle: objected
Gerund: objecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | object |
| you | object |
| he;she;it | objects |
| we | object |
| you | object |
| they | object |
Perfect
| I | have objected |
| you | have objected |
| he;she;it | has objected |
| we | have objected |
| you | have objected |
| they | have objected |
Past
| I | objected |
| you | objected |
| he;she;it | objected |
| we | objected |
| you | objected |
| they | objected |
Pluperfect
| I | had objected |
| you | had objected |
| he;she;it | had objected |
| we | had objected |
| you | had objected |
| they | had objected |
Future
| I | will object |
| you | will object |
| he;she;it | will object |
| we | will object |
| you | will object |
| they | will object |
Future Perfect
| I | will have objected |
| you | will have objected |
| he;she;it | will have objected |
| we | will have objected |
| you | will have objected |
| they | will have objected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | object |
| you | object |
| he;she;it | object |
| we | object |
| you | object |
| they | object |
Perfect
| I | have objected |
| you | have objected |
| he;she;it | have objected |
| we | have objected |
| you | have objected |
| they | have objected |
Imperfect
| I | objected |
| you | objected |
| he;she;it | objected |
| we | objected |
| you | objected |
| they | objected |
Pluperfect
| I | had objected |
| you | had objected |
| he;she;it | had objected |
| we | had objected |
| you | had objected |
| they | had objected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would object |
| you | would object |
| he;she;it | would object |
| we | would object |
| you | would object |
| they | would object |
Perfect
| I | would have objected |
| you | would have objected |
| he;she;it | would have objected |
| we | would have objected |
| you | would have objected |
| they | would have objected |
Imperative
| you | object |
| we | Let's object |
| you | object |
Verbs conjugated like 'object'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'object'
abject,
adject,
conject,
deject,
eject,
inject,
obduct,
obtest,
obvert,
reject,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- protest
- demur, except, remonstrate, disapprove, dispute, expostulate
Antonyms
- To assent tacitly; to weakly and reluctantly agree
- approve, back, support, acquiesce
- to give approval
- decline, deny, disapprove, disassent, dissent, oppose, reject, assent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1398, "tangible thing, something perceived or presented to the senses," from M.L. objectum "thing put before" (the mind or sight), neut. of L. objectus, pp. of obicere "to present, oppose, cast in the way of," from ob "against" + jacere "to throw" (see jet). Sense of "thing aimed at" is c.1386. No object "not a thing regarded as important" is from 1782. Object lesson "instruction conveyed by examination of a material object" is from 1831.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)
6. Proto-Italic *op
7. Latin ob
8. Latin ob-
9. Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-kt
11. Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder.
12. Latin iaciō
13. Latin obiciō
14. Latin obiectus
15. Medieval Latin obiectum
16. Old French objectbor.
17. English object
18. From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.
Sample Sentences
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I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
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We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years.
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“It’s only a few minutes from Nankang to Hsichih, my friends. Kindly make room for the lady,” the driver was all unctuous smiles, and spoke as though nobody was going to object after he had given the word. [1975, Meng Yao (孟瑤), “Homeward Bound”, in An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Taiwan, 1949-1974, volume 2, Taipei: China Printing, Ltd., →OCLC, page 33:]
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We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs,
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As well appeareth by the cauſe you come,
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Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon.
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Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thou obiect
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Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? [1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:]
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He 'gan to him object his heinous Crime, [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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There are others who will object the poverty of the nation. [1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:]
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The book […] giveth liberty to object any crime against any such as are to be ordered. [1571, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament:]
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early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem.
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Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
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c. 1678, Richard Hooker, a sermon
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some strong impediment or other objecting itself
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Pallas to their eyes / The mist objected, and condens'd the skies. [1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:]