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Collocations for object - noun

1. solid thing

ADJ.

solid | inanimate | everyday, household
Her paintings are of ordinary everyday objects.

2. purpose

ADJ.

main, primary, principal | sole
My sole object is to get to the bottom of this mystery.

OBJECT + NOUN

lesson
The plans are an object lesson in how to ruin a city centre.

PHRASES

the object of the exercise
The object of the exercise is to score as many points as possible.

Collocations for object - verb

ADV.

strenuously, strongly, vehemently

VERB + OBJECT

can/could hardly
It was your own idea in the first place, so you can hardly object now.
be entitled to, have a/the right to

PREP.

to
a petition objecting to the scheme

PHRASES

object on the grounds that …
I objected on the grounds that it was unkind to the animals.

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