objectionob‧jec‧tion /əbˈdʒekʃən/ ●●○ W3 noun 
Her objection was that he was too young.objection to He had moral objections to killing animals for food.over the objections of somebody (=in spite of their objections) The bill was passed over the objections of many Democrats.2objection! spoken formal said by lawyers to a judge in a court when they think that what another lawyer has just said should not be allowedCOLLOCATIONSverbshave an objection· Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?make an objection (=say what your objection is)· The Parish Council made several objections to the changes.raise/voice an objection (=make an objection)· His father raised no objections when John told him that he wanted to become a dancer.meet somebody’s objections (=change something so that someone will no longer object)· He altered the plans to meet the objections of community leaders.withdraw an objection (=stop objecting to something)· The FBI withdrew its objections to publishing the information.lodge an objection (=formally make an objection)· Residents have lodged an objection to the new development.adjectivesa strong objection· Parents at the school have voiced strong objections to the closure.a serious/major objection· There were serious objections to using the videotaped evidence at the trial.the main objection· One of the main objections was that classes were being taught by untrained staff.a fundamental objection· A fundamental objection is that the church should not be part of the government.a moral objection· He has expressed moral objections to this type of research.a religious objection· Roman Catholics have religious objections to the use of contraceptives.(a) conscientious objection (=the fact of refusing to become a solider because of your moral or religious beliefs)· Conscientious objection to military service is seen by the United Nations as part of your right to freedom of thought.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘say an objection’. Say make an objection.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- If anyone has any objections, please let us know as soon as possible.
- If you have no objection, I would like to use your name as a reference when I start applying for jobs.
- When I told him about my plans, my father raised one objection after another.
- A more substantial objection is why neither Karen nor I had dived in to try and save Dennis.
- Democrats are now engaged in a full-scale legislative blockade, stopping all bills with objections and threatened filibusters.
- Locke faces the objection that there is no historical evidence for his account of the creation of political authority.
- Nevertheless, Macmillan had no objection to experimental steps being taken in that direction.
- There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.
- This characteristic has important implications for two elements of the sales process: handling objections and the close.
- Yet this objection is easily answered once the hormonal theory is taken into account.
THESAURUS
noun [uncountable] strong disagreement with or protest against something: · Opposition to the proposed scheme was widespread.· The plan met with stiff opposition (=strong opposition).
noun [countable] a reason you give for opposing an idea or plan: · My main objection is that it will cost too much money.· A number of objections were raised.
noun [uncountable] a strong feeling of opposition to something, or dislike for someone, which is shown in your behaviour, and has often existed for a long time: · his own antagonism to any form of authority· There is no antagonism towards tourists on the island.· people’s antagonism to communism
noun [uncountable] angry remarks or behaviour that show someone opposes something very strongly, or dislikes someone very much: · The announcement was greeted with hostility from some employees.· There is a certain amount of hostility towards the police among local people.
noun [uncountable] formal a strong feeling of opposition and dislike for someone or something: · his fundamental antipathy to capitalism· Her long-standing antipathy to Herr Kohl was well-known.· Darwin shared Lyell's antipathy to the idea that the same species could appear independently in different areas.
Longman Language Activatorwords or behaviour that show that you oppose something something that you say because you oppose one particular detail of a plan, course of action etc: have an objection: · If anyone has any objections, please let us know as soon as possible.raise an objection (=state an objection): · When I told him about my plans, my father raised one objection after another.have no objection: · If you have no objection, I would like to use your name as a reference when I start applying for jobs.
things that people say or do in order to show that they are against something: · Widespread opposition to the military government led to violence in the streets.opposition to: · Opposition to the war grew rapidly.face opposition: · Plans for the new stadium will no doubt face a lot of opposition.express opposition: · Thousands of people plan to gather on Sunday to express their opposition to the government's handling of the crisis.strong opposition: · Despite strong opposition, the law was passed.
angry remarks or behaviour that shows someone opposes a plan or idea very strongly: · The announcement was greeted with hostility from some employees.hostility to/towards: · Recently there has been hostility towards the Prime Minister from members of his own party.open hostility (=obvious or public hostility): · Given his open hostility, it seemed pointless to try and continue to persuade him.
angry and unpleasant feelings or behaviour that show someone dislikes or disagrees very strongly with a person, organization, plan, or idea: antagonism to/towards: · Hines made no effort to conceal his antagonism towards his supervisor.antagonism between: · Mitchell sees no clear way to end the antagonism between the two groups.
to let someone do something · We wanted to go camping, but our parents wouldn't let us.let somebody do something · Sue doesn't let her kids eat candy.· Thanks for letting me spend the night at your place.let somebody in/out (=let someone go in or out of a place) · You'd better let the dog out.
if someone such as a teacher, official, or parent allows someone to do something, they let them do it: allow somebody to do something: · We do not allow people to smoke anywhere in the building.· Under federal law, Indian nations are allowed to operate casinos on their reservations, with the state's permission.allow somebody something formal (=allow them to have it): · Paul's bank now allows him £35 a week, and Geoff can withdraw no more than £40.allow somebody in/out etc (=allow someone to go into or out of a place): · The manager doesn't allow children in the bar.
especially spoken to tell someone that you will allow them to do something: · Mom says we can each have two cookies.· I thought you said we could use this room.
to decide to allow someone to do something because you have been persuaded to allow it: · The rebels finally agreed to a ban on terrorist activity.· McCaskill left the California Angels on Saturday and agreed to a three-year contract with the Chicago White Sox worth over $6 million.
if a law or a rule permits someone to do something, it allows them to do it: · Photography will not be permitted inside the courtroom.permit somebody to do something: · The law permits foreign investors to own up to 25% of British companies.
also authorise British to officially or legally allow someone to do something, especially by signing an official document: · Who authorized the decision to close the factory?· Among other matters, the city council authorized more funds for additional police officers.authorize somebody to do something: · Only Congress can authorize the President to declare war.
to not care whether someone does something or not, especially when they have asked for your permission or approval: · As long as your parents have no objection, you're very welcome to come on vacation with us.have no objection to somebody doing something: · They said they had no objection to us leaving a little early.
to give final permission to allow something important to happen, which will affect yourself, your family, or your property: · Parents are required to give their written consent (=give permission in writing) before a child can be asked to participate in an interview.give your consent to something: · In September, he gave Dr. Arning his consent to conduct the experiment.
also give somebody/something the green light to give official permission for a planned activity to begin: · We're still waiting for the finance committee to give us the green light.· Councillors in Darlington gave the hotel development project the go-ahead in September.give the go-ahead for something: · We believe the nuclear programme should be given the go-ahead for further development.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs He took a principled stand against the legislation.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable, uncountable] a reason that you have for opposing or disapproving of something, or something you say that expresses this: · Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?
(=say what your objection is)· The Parish Council made several objections to the changes.
(=make an objection)· His father raised no objections when John told him that he wanted to become a dancer.
(=change something so that someone will no longer object)· He altered the plans to meet the objections of community leaders.
(=stop objecting to something)· The FBI withdrew its objections to publishing the information.
(=formally make an objection)· Residents have lodged an objection to the new development.
adjectives· Parents at the school have voiced strong objections to the closure.
· There were serious objections to using the videotaped evidence at the trial.
· One of the main objections was that classes were being taught by untrained staff.
· A fundamental objection is that the church should not be part of the government.
· He has expressed moral objections to this type of research.
· Roman Catholics have religious objections to the use of contraceptives.
(=the fact of refusing to become a solider because of your moral or religious beliefs)· Conscientious objection to military service is seen by the United Nations as part of your right to freedom of thought.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘say an objection’. Say make an objection.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He took a principled stand against the legislation.· This conflict is illustrated by the question of conscientious objection in war time.· We have no conscientious objections or anything of that kind.· A separate law allowing for conscientious objection and introducing alternative civilian service was also adopted.· He also, at first, saw conscientious objection as a key to mobilizing opposition to the war itself.· The argument rests on an analogy with the right of conscientious objection which is supported by Dworkin.· When conscription was introduced, he could not plead a conscientious objection to war in general.· Not the rights and wrongs of conscientious objection.
· Some seek personal de-criminalisation and rehabilitation, others have a more fundamental objection to man-made laws and courts as such.· A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs.· There is a further fundamental objection, generally overlooked.· Not that we had any fundamental objection to the children.· The most fundamental objection is that the government could be ignoring its long-term obligation to manage the debt cheaply in favour of short-term gains.· However, there is a more fundamental objection.· As we shall see there are fundamental objections to accepting that this should always be so.
· The main objections to the tree-structure are as follows.· But the main objection to classical foundationalism is that there are no infallible beliefs.· It appears that Mrs Thatcher's main objection was the amount of public money involved.· As he expected, he drew a blank, and found the main objection was the Founders' powers.
· Sometimes this results in a major objection being reduced to one which can easily be dealt with.· This kind of amendment to traditional stratification analysis would still, of course, leave standing the major objections to it.· Another major theoretical objection to compensation theory concerns the investment behaviour of firms.· However, two major objections can be raised.· The major objection to the percutaneous approach is the possibility of tumour dissemination in the track.· The prescription was logical but totally unacceptable to the government, and there were two major objections to the Layfield proposals.
· Aides had denied she had any moral objections but said she had longstanding private engagements to fulfil.· He knew the sort of people he was addressing and he knew the sort of moral objections they found most satisfying.· We make a big show of our moral objections, but what really puts us off are the technical ones.· There were moral objections to children being blown out of sleep to death on a filthy street.· Apart from any moral objections, researchers are scared that they will be deprived of fame and fortune by military secrecy.· There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.· This is quite apart from any moral objections that might arise.· And moral objections to people spending their lives shooting scag.
· It is sometimes useful to consider quietly, in advance of the auction, possible objections and their answers.· Delegate gains would be less significant for small states, leading to their possible objections to the proposal.· To the simple call of justice, there are a number of possible objections.· They adduce support for it mainly by removing misunderstandings and a few possible objections.· The possible objections to this analysis, if that is not too strong a word, are many.· A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge.· This deals with possible objections listeners may be formulating about the idea before they have a chance to raise them.
· Sometimes there are often religious objections.· For example, mandatory polio immunization of all school children has been upheld, despite the religious objections of some parents.· Suitable for couples with religious objections to other methods.· What if the family has religious objections?· Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections?· That depends on the state law. Religious objections have been raised by parents and students to various parts of the curriculum.
· More immediately serious were the objections of de Montfort.· I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.· A second and more serious objection to this definition concerns the impossibility of completeness in another direction.· A more serious objection to the handling of characters in ordinary dictionaries involves semantics.· Romaine, Le Page and Tabouret-Keller and others have raised serious theoretical objections to the continuum hypothesis itself, as described above.· But he does not regard the charge as a serious objection to his theory.· But there's a more serious objection than that, you know.· On the surface these seem to be very serious objections to the whole enterprise of analysing international relations by means of a general theory.
· Assuming licensees and magistrates act sensibly in seeking and granting approval, I can not see any strong objection to this.· The decision follows strong local objections at a public inquiry held at the end of 1991.· This has provoked strong objections, mainly from military types and religious groups.· The organisers have been granted a licence in the face of strong local objections.
VERB· The case was tried on special demurrer, that is a demurrer based on specific objections to the form of the pleadings.· Can a teacher refuse to follow the curriculum if the refusal is based on religious objections?
· We have, therefore, to consider the objections to the doctrine.· A public local inquiry may be required to consider the remaining objections to the scheme.· There is also a larger reason for considering the objection about the place of causal and other nomic connections in science.· Objections I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation.· However, we shall have to begin, first, by considering certain monistic objections.· He considered Manville's objection seriously for some moments.
· I can already hear the objections from those clubs who have a few players tied up with the Championship.· A public inquiry will start hearing local objections to the building of the complex on May 21.
· The change of heart followed an outcry by the public who lodged objections to the scheme.· No objections have been received and the period for lodging objections has now elapsed.· Opponents to the opt-out now have a chance to lodge objections to the Education Secretary.
· What is clear is that, in the above passage, he is not making the objection against himself.· They made no objections to my method and seemed to enjoy working with me.· They seemed confused as to what was going on, but were too sleepy to make too loud an objection.· And Pirenne listened and made no objections.· The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections.· Anselm made no objection either to the person appointed or to the manner of his appointment.· Tremayne's eyebrows rose but he made no objection.· Sometimes counsel for one of the parties in a case will make objection to a particular judge hearing the case.
· The second is to be prepared to try to meet the objections of those affected by alternative arrangements.· I am aware that these proposals only go part way to meeting the objections raised at the meeting.· The large cities have not been happy with this position and various proposals have been made to meet their objections.· We must try to meet many of the objections made by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills.· This was met with dismay and objection, but the logic could not be refuted.· Davis's claims have met with many objections.
· Lakatos developed his picture of science in an attempt to improve on, and overcome the objections to, Popperian falsificationism.· It covered subjects which included selling skills, overcoming customers' objections and motivating retail salesmen.· Though their scruples were overcome, their objection pointed to their awareness that the ceremony was changing its meaning.· An extension of linear programming which overcomes this objection is that of goal programming.· It offers high performance in acid digestion techniques overcoming many of the objections associated with traditional batch methods.· He manages not only to identify the perpetrator but also to overcome Harriet's feminist objections to marriage.
· I do not remember that anyone present raised a serious objection to any of the arrangements described by McFarlane.· Unfortunately, if I raise any objections, he just refuses to make love at all.· The wire service Reuter also has raised objections.· She appeared to be raising no objection.· And as prosecutors employ the strategy elsewhere, other defendants may raise objections.· He could have raised objections to Father Kipling's arguments -; but then he could have raised objections to his objections.· Again, Alexander, Dole and Forbes raised no objection.
· Then I assume that you withdraw your objection.· He conveyed this to the building inspectors, which allowed the Council to withdraw their objection on this score.· The first women inspectors were appointed in April 1942, but were withdrawn shortly afterwards following objections from the remaining men.
Her objection was that he was too young.objection to He had moral objections to killing animals for food.over the objections of somebody (=in spite of their objections) The bill was passed over the objections of many Democrats.2objection! spoken formal said by lawyers to a judge in a court when they think that what another lawyer has just said should not be allowedCOLLOCATIONSverbshave an objection· Does anyone have any objections to the proposal?make an objection (=say what your objection is)· The Parish Council made several objections to the changes.raise/voice an objection (=make an objection)· His father raised no objections when John told him that he wanted to become a dancer.meet somebody’s objections (=change something so that someone will no longer object)· He altered the plans to meet the objections of community leaders.withdraw an objection (=stop objecting to something)· The FBI withdrew its objections to publishing the information.lodge an objection (=formally make an objection)· Residents have lodged an objection to the new development.adjectivesa strong objection· Parents at the school have voiced strong objections to the closure.a serious/major objection· There were serious objections to using the videotaped evidence at the trial.the main objection· One of the main objections was that classes were being taught by untrained staff.a fundamental objection· A fundamental objection is that the church should not be part of the government.a moral objection· He has expressed moral objections to this type of research.a religious objection· Roman Catholics have religious objections to the use of contraceptives.(a) conscientious objection (=the fact of refusing to become a solider because of your moral or religious beliefs)· Conscientious objection to military service is seen by the United Nations as part of your right to freedom of thought.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘say an objection’. Say make an objection.