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How to pronounce objects in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aim, objective, target
Type of goal, end
Has types thing, grail, business, point


the sole object of her trip was to see her children.
Type Words
Synonyms physical object
Type of physical entity
Has types thread, token, trifle, trivia, triviality, terra firma, part, wall, peculiarity, vehicle, portion, vagabond, prop, property, rarity, relic, remains, ribbon, shiner, small beer, snake, soil, solid ground, souvenir, stuff, unit, charm, commemorative, curio, curiosity, discard, draw, dry land, earth, filler, film, finding, floater, fomite, formation, geological formation, good luck charm, ground, growth, hail, head, hoodoo, ice, je ne sais quoi, keepsake, land, location, lot, whole, makeweight, web, moon, neighbor, neighbour, catch, oddity, oddment, paring
Derivation objectify


it was full of rackets, balls and other objects.
Type Words
Type of be
Derivation objection


My wife objects to modern furniture.
Type Words
Type of computer science, computing


in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects.
Type Words
Type of reject, disapprove
Has types raise hell, take exception, chicane, carp, challenge, raise a stink, remonstrate, make a stink, except, cavil, demur, mind
Derivation objection, objector


She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with.
When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license.
Type Words
Type of grammatical constituent, constituent
Has types prepositional object, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, object of the verb, retained object


the object of the verb.
Type Words
Type of mental object, content, cognitive content
Has types passion, love, infatuation, centre of attention, hallucination, center, center of attention, execration, antipathy, hobgoblin, centre, bugbear


objects of thought.
the object of my affection.

Examples of objects

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Big objects take up volume and can help keep the shelves from looking cluttered.
From the timesunion.com
Roughly 50 million objects pass through near-Earth space each day, Yeomans said.
From the edition.cnn.com
Sheik Hassan objects strongly to your relations with the U.S., as does al-Qaeda.
From the time.com
The radar will provide prompt and precise information on objects orbiting Earth.
From the sciencedaily.com
The frescoes and Moorish tiles were damaged by hurled bottles and other objects.
From the sfgate.com
Even personal possessions are a huddle of objects, gleaned from God knows where.
From the guardian.co.uk
In Kabul, the storerooms of the museum were ransacked and 2,500 objects smashed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She likes to play with her twin sister and enjoys swinging from various objects.
From the boston.com
At intermediate times, both distance to the exit and number of objects mattered.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
  • Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"
  • Aim: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
  • Be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"
  • (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"
  • The focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"
  • In mathematics, a category is an algebraic structure consisting of a collection of "objects", linked together by a collection of "arrows" that have two basic properties: the ability to compose the arrows associatively and the existence of an identity arrow for each object. ...
  • In computer science, an object is any entity that can be manipulated by the commands of a programming language, such as a value, variable, function, or data structure. (With the later introduction of object oriented programming the same word, "object", refers to a particular instance of a class)
  • An object in grammar is part of a sentence, and often part of the predicate. It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. Basically, it is what the verb is being done to. ...