How do you use the word "object" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "object": I don't mean to object to your proposal. Tell me the object of your plan.

Object Meaning

/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA thing that has physical existence but is not alive.

nounObjective; goal, end or purpose of something.

Sentence Examples

I don't mean to object to your proposal.

Tell me the object of your plan.

There are languages that require the subject to come before the object in a clause.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

aim target objective

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The committee members voted to ____ the proposed budget because it was unfair.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The mysterious ____ flying in the sky turned out to be nothing more than a weather balloon.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me." — 1825, Accounts and Papers, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 91:

"And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized." — 1860, Thomas Fenner Curtis, The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last Hundred Years, page 161:

"[…] to secure first-class men you must either hold out a temptation of money, if money is an object to them, or if it is not, then after a certain number of years' service, perhaps, some honour to be bestowed upon them; one or the other, I think, ought to be given to secure the best men that you can." — 1863, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Committees, page 240:

"I think, if a captain had plenty of time to spare, and was not going on to any other port, he would prefer going into harbor; but if time were an object with him, and he wished to get away as quickly as possible, he would go to the pier outside." — 1877, South Australia. Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia: With Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed ..., page 29:

"“It’s only a few minutes from Nankang to Hsichih, my friends. Kindly make room for the lady,” the driver was all unctuous smiles, and spoke as though nobody was going to object after he had given the word." — 1975, Meng Yao (孟瑤), “Homeward Bound”, in An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Taiwan, 1949-1974, volume 2, Taipei: China Printing, Ltd., →OCLC, page 33:

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