{
    "term": "object",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing that can be seen and touched, but is not alive",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**everyday objects** such as cups and saucers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**inanimate objects** *(= things that are not alive)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **physical/material object** *(= that you can see and touch)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scanner detected a metal object."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We now know that solid objects are largely made up of empty space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "art objects from the ancient world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Furniture and other household objects were piled up outside the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This looks a very unusual object. What is it exactly?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked down at the drumsticks as if turning to inanimate objects for emotional support."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet cannot replace the thrill of holding the physical object of a book in your hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Glass and plastic objects lined the shelves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "books, paintings, sculpture and other precious objects"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["inanimate", "solid", "three-dimensional"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or thing that somebody desires, studies, pays attention to, etc.",
            "sensetop": "object of desire, study, attention, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her objects of study are all paintings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an object of affection/ridicule/worship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Rolls Royce was an object of desire, and I desired one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such a product aims to become an object of desire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strange creature became the object of much curiosity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an aim or a purpose",
            "sensetop": "with the object of doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The object is to educate people about road safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The object of the game is to score points by combining cards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're late, you'll defeat the whole **object of the exercise**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put together an army with the object of taking back the lost territory.",
                    "contextForm": "with the object of doing something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main", "primary", "principal"],
                "object + noun": ["lesson"],
                "phrases": ["the object of the exercise", "the object of the game"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb (called the direct object), or that the action is done to or for (called the indirect object)",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "money is not something that needs to be considered, because there is plenty of it available",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She travels around the world as if money is no object."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɒbdʒɪkt//ˈɒbdʒekt/",
                "audio": "ob/object/object__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːbdʒɪkt//ˈɑːbdʒekt/",
                "audio": "ob/object/object__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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."
}