object

An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.

Example: We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.

The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.

Example: The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.

The object is a type of complement in a verb phrase or preposition phrase with the form of a noun phrase.

Example: In the sentence Yoko ate the bread, the bread is the object.

If you object to something, you don't agree with it.

Example: Most people will object to being asked to work too much.