Object Objected əbˈdʒekt I Postpone Meeting Till Week

• many local people object to the building of the new airport.
• if nobody objects, we'll postpone the meeting till next week.
• i really object to being charged for parking.
• he objected that the police had arrested him without sufficient evidence.

object

1. to say that you disagree with, disapprove of or oppose something
• Many local people object to the building of the new airport.
• If nobody objects, we'll postpone the meeting till next week.
• I really object to being charged for parking.
2. to give something as a reason for opposing something
• synonym protest
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• He objected that the police had arrested him without sufficient evidence.

Extra Examples

• I objected on the grounds that it was unkind to the animals.
• It was your own idea in the first place, so you can hardly object now.
• a petition objecting to the plan
• If nobody objects, we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they object
• he / she / it objects
• past simple objected
• past participle objected
• -ing form objecting

Word Origin

• 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.