object

«object» in Mova's school dictionary: a thing you can see and touch that is not alive — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an object, objects); verb (object, objects, objected, objecting)

meaning for a pupil

1) An object (OB-ject) is a thing you can see and touch that is not alive. tree →

2) An object is a purpose or aim: «The object of the game is to score goals». tree →

3) In grammar, the object is the word for the thing or person that the verb acts on: in «Sam kicked the ball», the ball is the object. tree →

4) To object (ob-JECT) is to say you disagree or do not like something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, objects are made of materials; we test which objects float, sink or are magnetic. In maths, 3D objects (solids) have faces, edges and vertices. In safety, sharp objects and small objects (choking for babies) need care, and never put objects in plugs. Phrases: «the object of the game», «object to», «flying object».

examples

• A pencil is a small object. tree →
• Sort the objects into floating and sinking. tree →
• The object of the game is to collect cards. tree →
• In «I ate an apple», «an apple» is the object. tree →
• Name a 3D object with six square faces. tree →
• I object to that rule! tree →
• Keep small objects away from babies. tree →
• Many people objected to the new road. tree →

note

Stress changes the meaning: OB-ject (noun), ob-JECT (verb). «An object» (vowel sound). The noun «objection» comes from the verb. «Object» in grammar is not the same as «subject», which does the action.

In the corpora

• People must ask the council for planning permission before building something big, and neighbours can object.
• A reference is a photo or object you look at while you draw, like the photo Ling checked for her horse.
• Returning objects to the country they came from is called repatriation.
• The narrator is who tells the story, and it can be an animal or an object as well as a person.
• A good show-and-tell says what the object is, why it is special and one interesting fact about it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «object» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.