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Word entry · 6 letters

object

Best crossword clue

"Item or oppose"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted bcejotStarts with OEnds with T3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

Word origin

From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.

Used in a sentence

  • Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me.
  • And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized.
  • 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Item or oppose6 letters
02Thing6 letters
03Thing or goal6 letters

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