Object Definition
object
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Etymology
From Latin obiectum (“object”) literally "thrown against", from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“throw against”), from ob (“against”) + iaciō (“throw”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (UK) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA: /ˈɒb.dʒɛkt/, SAMPA: /"Qb.dZEkt/
- (US) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA: /ˈɑb.dʒɛkt/, SAMPA: /"Ab.dZEkt/
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Noun
object (plural objects)
- A thing that has physical existence.
- The goal, end or purpose of something.
- 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.
- 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures
- (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
- The convertible, once object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
- (computing) In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.
Synonyms
- (thing): article, item, thing
- (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed): target
- See also Wikisaurus:goal
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Verb
object (third-person singular simple present objects, present participle objecting, simple past and past participle objected)
- (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
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Translations
disagree with something or someoneStatistics
- Most common English words before 1923: charge · church · paper · #598: object · faith · gentleman · persons
Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: ObjectWikipedia nl
Noun
object n. (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
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Object
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up object in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Object may refer to:- Object (philosophy), a thing, being or concept
- Entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses
- As used in object relations theories of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates
- Object (grammar), a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object
- Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place
- Object (mathematics), an abstract object arising in mathematics
- Group object, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets
- Goal, an aim, target or objective
- Physical body or object, in physics, a collection of masses
- Object, an entity treated by mathematical category theory
- 3D model, a representation of a physical object
- Object (National Register of Historic Places), a classification used by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- Объект (object); Russian GABTU military vehicle designations
- Object (computer science), a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data
- Object-oriented programming (OOP), in which an object is an instance of a class or array
- Object file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code")
- Object (Information Processing), an information source for an information processor
- HTML object element
- Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), a sculpture by Méret Oppenheim
- Object, a song by The Cure on their 1979 album Three Imaginary Boys
- Objects from the 2006 television series The Lost Room
- "Object", a song by Ween from La Cucaracha
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