• more powerful than the person who took thedecision  Mr Smith tried to object but hisobjection was overruled by the chairman. The committee overruled the decision madeby the secretary. 2. (of a higher court) to set
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  • causing disapproval or protest
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  • objection to me smoking? O Any objections to the plan? □ to raise an objection to some- thing to object to something O She raised several objections to the proposal.
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  • A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute, A matter of public concern, A misgiving, objection, or complaint, A problem or difficulty, intransitive verb_ To flow, go, or come out, To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth, To have as a consequence; result
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  • One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization, An objection or a criticism, an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
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  • Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous, Characterized by anger or spite; malicious, Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious, noun_ morally objectionable behavior, the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice, that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
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  • To promise or affirm earnestly, as after being doubted, To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to something, To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow, transitive verb_ To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to, To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display, To object to, verb_ utter words of protest, express opposition through action or words, affirm or avow formally or solemnly, noun_ the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval, a formal and solemn declaration of objection, A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary
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  • Uncertainty, disbelief, Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection, Uncertainty of condition, intransitive verb_ To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined, obsolete To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive, transitive verb_ To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust, obsolete To fill with fear; to affright, verb_ lack confidence in or have doubts about, To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect
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  • To come off, as in flakes or scales, To dose with pills, To be peeled; to peel off in flakes, transitive verb_ obsolete To deprive of hair; to make bald, To peel; to make by removing the skin, verb_ To medicate with pills, obsolete To pillage; to despoil or impoverish, noun_ something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size, A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication, A disagreeable or objectionable person
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  • the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective or objective lens. See Illust. of Microscope, A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed, A thing that has physical existence, intransitive verb_ To present a dissenting or opposing argument; raise an objection, To be averse to or express disapproval of something, To put forward in or as a reason for opposition; offer as criticism, To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; -- usually followed by to, transitive verb_ obsolete To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose, To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason
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