objection
pronunciation
How to pronounce objection in British English:
UK [əbˈdʒekʃn]
How to pronounce objection in American English:
US [əbˈdʒekʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- the speech act of objecting
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
Word Origin
- objection (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French objeccion "reply, retort" (12c.) and directly from Late Latin obiectionem (nominative obiectio), "a throwing or putting before," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin obicere "to oppose" (see object (n.)).
Example
- 1. Few of them made that objection to sputnik .
- 2. Htc says a redesign will deal with the objection .
- 3. The main objection to such a policy is the risk of destabilising the european banking system .
- 4. There is little objection from the male camp , besides perhaps those who are immediately inconvenienced by the occupations .
- 5. But the most fundamental objection to global regulation lies elsewhere .