noun
- a thing that can be seen or touched; material thing that occupies space
- a person or thing to which action, thought, or feeling is directed
- what is aimed at; purpose; end; goal
- a cause for concern: used in negative constructions: money is no object
- Gram. a noun or other substantive that directly or indirectly receives the action of a verb, or one that is governed by a preposition: in “Give me the book,” “book” is the direct object and “me” is the indirect object
- Philos. anything that can be known or perceived by the mind
Origin:
ME < ML objectum, something thrown in the way < L objectus, a casting before, that which appears, orig. pp. of objicere < ob- (see ob-) + jacere, to throw: see jet