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{
"term": "object",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thing that can be seen and touched, but is not alive",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**everyday objects** such as cups and saucers"
},
{
"text": "**inanimate objects** *(= things that are not alive)*"
},
{
"text": "a **physical/material object** *(= that you can see and touch)*"
},
{
"text": "The scanner detected a metal object."
},
{
"text": "We now know that solid objects are largely made up of empty space."
},
{
"text": "art objects from the ancient world"
},
{
"text": "Furniture and other household objects were piled up outside the house."
},
{
"text": "This looks a very unusual object. What is it exactly?"
},
{
"text": "He looked down at the drumsticks as if turning to inanimate objects for emotional support."
},
{
"text": "The internet cannot replace the thrill of holding the physical object of a book in your hands."
},
{
"text": "Glass and plastic objects lined the shelves."
},
{
"text": "books, paintings, sculpture and other precious objects"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["inanimate", "solid", "three-dimensional"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or thing that somebody desires, studies, pays attention to, etc.",
"sensetop": "object of desire, study, attention, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire."
},
{
"text": "Her objects of study are all paintings."
},
{
"text": "an object of affection/ridicule/worship"
},
{
"text": "The Rolls Royce was an object of desire, and I desired one."
},
{
"text": "Such a product aims to become an object of desire."
},
{
"text": "The strange creature became the object of much curiosity."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an aim or a purpose",
"sensetop": "with the object of doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer."
},
{
"text": "The object is to educate people about road safety."
},
{
"text": "The object of the game is to score points by combining cards."
},
{
"text": "If you're late, you'll defeat the whole **object of the exercise**."
},
{
"text": "He put together an army with the object of taking back the lost territory.",
"contextForm": "with the object of doing something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["main", "primary", "principal"],
"object + noun": ["lesson"],
"phrases": ["the object of the exercise", "the object of the game"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb (called the direct object), or that the action is done to or for (called the indirect object)",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Language"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "money is not something that needs to be considered, because there is plenty of it available",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She travels around the world as if money is no object."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒbdʒɪkt//ˈɒbdʒekt/",
"audio": "ob/object/object__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːbdʒɪkt//ˈɑːbdʒekt/",
"audio": "ob/object/object__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare."
}