object (to)

verb

Definition of object (to)next
1
as in to pooh

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2
as in to quarrel (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for object (to)
  1. protest
  2. complain
  3. scorn
  4. reject
  5. dislike
  6. disfavor
  7. criticize
Verb
  • Employees of the Viry-Chatillon facility, where the engines have been crafted since 1977, protested at the Italian Grand Prix in response to the Renault Group’s decision to switch to a customer engine.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The transgender player has been on the San José State roster for three seasons after transferring from a college on the East Coast, although this is the first season opponents have protested the player’s participation.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of protest
Verb
  • The air force has noted that its evolving electronic warfare countermeasures play some role in the increasing number of Russian strike drones going off course. Minsk has complained of Ukrainian drones violating its airspace.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Several attendees of a holiday event in O'Fallon, Missouri, have complained about poor organization and safety hazards at its opening night on Friday.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of complain
Verb
  • Depending on the day, and their political views, Jews looked on them with pride or scorn, hope or disappointment.
    Luke Tress, Sun Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Much has been made about the England national team hiring a German coach, with some negative headlines in the British press being scorned by fans.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of scorn
Verb
  • Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
    HALELUYA HADERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
Verb
  • Many seem to dislike small talk beyond complaining about the weather — a blessedly universal pastime.
    Chloé Skye Weiser, Contributor, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Most disliked Thanksgiving foods, according to new survey 1.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of dislike
Verb
  • Even if some incoming appointees might disfavor certain forms of biogas, targeting those forms would require Congress to act, because the IRA put them into section 48.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Those who disfavor the candidate will to some degree relish the use of the AI if the AI weakens the standing of the candidate.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of disfavor
Verb
  • Yet over the years, colleagues have criticized and debunked the experiment, citing Zimbardo’s interventions and crucial details left out of his portrayal of what happened.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
  • And in recent days, the Culinary Union leading the Vegas strike has criticized the Laborers’ International Union of North America, or LiUNA, which has a Canadian pension fund that serves as majority owner of Virgin Las Vegas.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of criticize
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objects (to)

object (to)

objet d'art

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“Object (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/object%20%28to%29. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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