Dictionary Definition
object
Noun
1 a tangible and visible entity; an entity that
can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other
objects" [syn: physical
object]
2 the goal intended to be attained (and which is
believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see
her children" [syn: aim,
objective, target]
3 (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon;
"the object of the verb"
4 the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects
of thought"; "the object of my affection"
Verb
1 express or raise an objection or protest or
criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of
work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck,
she objected that she did not have a driver's license"
2 be averse to or express disapproval of; "My
wife objects to modern furniture"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
obiectum, object, literally "thrown against", from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiicere, to throw against, from ob-, against, + iacere, to throwPronunciation 1
- , /ˈɒbdʒekt/, /"QbdZekt/
Noun
- 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
- 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.
- Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
- In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
thing
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 物体 (wùtǐ)
- Croatian: objekt, predmet
- Czech: předmět
- Danish: objekt, ting
- Dutch: object, voorwerp
- Finnish: esine, objekti
- French: objet
- German: Objekt
- Hebrew: אוביקט, חפץ
- Hindi: चीज (čīz)
- Hungarian: tárgy
- Icelandic: hlutur
- Italian: oggetto
- Japanese: 物体 (ぶったい, buttai), 物 (もの, mono)
- Korean: 물건 (mulgeon)
- Marathi: वस्तु (vastu)
- Norwegian: objekt, ting, gjenstand
- Polish: obiekt
- Portuguese: objeto
- Romanian: obiect, lucru
- Russian: объект (ob"jékt) , предмет (predmét)
- Sanskrit: वस्तु (vastu)
- Sindhi: , ,
- Slovene: predmet, objekt
- Spanish: objeto
- Swedish: objekt
- Telugu: వస్తువు (vastuvu)
- Urdu: (čīz)
in grammar
- Croatian: objekt
- Czech: předmět
- Dutch: lijdend voorwerp, meewerkend voorwerp
- Finnish: objekti
- French: objet
- Hebrew: מושא
- Hindi: कर्म (karma)
- Hungarian: tárgy
- Icelandic: andlag
- Italian: oggetto
- Japanese: 目的語 (もくてきご, mokutekigo)
- Marathi: कर्म (karma)
- Norwegian: objekt
- Polish: dopełnienie
- Portuguese: objeto
- Russian: объект (ob"jékt)
- Sanskrit: कर्म (karma)
- Sindhi:
- Spanish: complemento, objeto
- Telugu: కర్మ (karma)
person or thing to which an emotion is directed
in object-oriented programming
- Croatian: objekt
- Dutch: object
- Finnish: olio
- Hebrew: אוביקט
- Italian: oggetto
- Japanese: オブジェクト
- Norwegian: objekt
See also
Pronunciation 2
- , /əbˈdʒekt/, /@b"dZekt/
- Rhymes with: -ɛkt
Derived terms
Translations
disagree with something or someone
- Czech: namítnout
- Danish: indvende
- Dutch: protesteren, ertegen zijn
- Finnish: vastustaa
- French: s'opposer, objecter
- German: dagegen sein, Einwände haben
- Icelandic: mótmæla
- Ido: objecionar
- Italian: obiettare
- Slovak: namietať
- Spanish: objetar
Extensive Definition
Object may refer to,
- Object
(philosophy), a thing,
being or concept
- Physical entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses
- Object (grammar), a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object
- Object (task), an aim, target or objective
- Object (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.
Computing
- Object
(computer science), a language mechanism for binding data with
methods that operate on that data
- Object-oriented programming (OOP), 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 tag
Popular culture
- "Object", a song by The Cure from their 1979 album Three Imaginary Boys
- Objects from the 2006 television series The Lost Room
object in Danish: Objekt
object in German: Objekt
object in Estonian: Objekt
object in Esperanto: Objekto
object in French: Objet
object in Galician: Obxecto
object in Korean: 객체
object in Ido: Objekto
object in Dutch: Object
object in Japanese: オブジェクト
object in Polish: Obiekt
object in Romanian: Obiect
(dezambiguizare)
object in Simple English: Object
object in Slovenian: Predmet
object in Finnish: Objekti
object in Swedish: Objekt
object in Ukrainian: Об'єкт
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
IC analysis, affair, agree to disagree,
aim, an existence, appositive, article, artifact, attribute, attributive, balk, ban, be against, be at
cross-purposes, beef,
being, bitch, blackball, body, boggle, boycott, break, break off, bulk, butt, by-end, by-purpose, call in
question, categorically reject, challenge, clash, collide, complain, complain loudly,
complement, conflict, confront, construction
modifier, contend with, contradict, counter, creature, criticize, critter, cry out against,
cutting, deep structure,
demonstrate,
demonstrate against, demur, deprecate, design, destination, differ, dingus, direct object, disaccord, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of,
discommend, disfavor, dispute, dissent, dissent from, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, duty, end, end in view, entelechy, enter a protest,
entity, eppes, etwas, except, exclude, expostulate, face down, face
out, face up to, fact,
filler, final cause,
flumadiddle,
focus, form-function unit,
front, frown, frown at, frown down, frown
upon, function,
gadget, game, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, goal, grimace at, hickey, holler, hootenanny, hootmalalie, howl, idea, immediate constituent
analysis, indirect object, individual, intent, intention, interfere with,
inveigh against, item,
jangle, jar, jib, jigger, jostle, kick, kick against, levels, life, look askance at, look black
upon, make a stand, march,
mark, mass, material, material thing,
matter, meet head-on,
mismatch, mismate, modifier, monad, negate, not approve, not go for,
not hear of, not hold with, object in mind, object to, objective, offer resistance,
oppose, organism, ostracize, person, persona, personality, phenomenon, phrase structure,
picket, plan, predicate, press objections,
prey, protest, protest against,
purpose, pursuit, qualifier, quarry, quelque chose, quintain, rail, raise a howl, rally, ranks, rant, rave, reality, reason, reason for being,
recalcitrate,
refuse, reject, reluct, remonstrate, revolt, say no to, scruple, shallow structure, show
fight, sit in, slot, slot
and filler, something,
soul, spurn, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up
against, stand up to, state a grievance, stickle, storm, strata, strike, strive against, structure, stuff, subject, substance, surface structure,
syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, take exception to,
tangible, target, teach in, teleology, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, think ill of, think
little of, thumb down, ultimate aim, underlying structure, unit, use, vary, view with disfavor, volume, whatchy, widget, withstand, word arrangement,
word order, yell bloody murder