HOW TO PRONOUNCE
objection
/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/
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What does objection mean?
noun
- The act of objecting.
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
More meanings (1)
interjection
- An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.
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IPA pronunciation
/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/
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“Ask him, my dear, if he has any objection to being put in jail for insulting the ruler of the Emerald City.”
There, too, the black man’s children attended the public schools with the white man’s children, and apparently without objection from any quarter.
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“Mr. Betteredge,” he said, “have you any objection to oblige me by shaking hands? I have taken an extraordinary liking to you.”
It got so that they talked even less than usual, and yet it was not Hurstwood who felt any objection to Carrie.
She always returned, with greater emphasis and with an instinctive knowledge of the strength of her objection, ‘Let us have no meandering.’