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{
"term": "objection",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a reason why you do not like or are opposed to something; a statement about this",
"sensetop": "objection to somethingobjection to (somebody) doing somethingobjection from somebodyobjection that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'd like to come too, if you **have no objection**."
},
{
"text": "They **raised** no **objections** at the time."
},
{
"text": "He did not know how to voice his objections."
},
{
"text": "The main objection to the plan was that it would cost too much.",
"contextForm": "objection to something"
},
{
"text": "There was widespread objection to the proposals."
},
{
"text": "I **have no objection** to him coming to stay.",
"contextForm": "objection to (somebody) doing something"
},
{
"text": "I have no objection to staying here."
},
{
"text": "The proposal will go ahead despite strong objections from the public.",
"contextForm": "objection from somebody"
},
{
"text": "He dismissed the objection that the plan was too expensive.",
"contextForm": "objection that…"
},
{
"text": "Zheng's love for her finally overcame the objections of her parents."
},
{
"text": "Local residents have expressed objections to the proposal."
},
{
"text": "My one objection is that I don't think such an amendment is necessary."
},
{
"text": "She was appointed over the objections of certain members of the board."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["serious", "strenuous", "strong"],
"verb + objection": ["file", "lodge", "make"],
"preposition": [
"over the objections of",
"objection against",
"objection to"
],
"phrases": ["an objection based on something"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əbˈdʒekʃn/",
"audio": "ob/objection/objection__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əbˈdʒekʃn/",
"audio": "ob/objection/objection__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin objectio(n-), from the verb obicere from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’."
}