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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchobject, fromMedieval Latinobiectum(“object”, literally“thrown against”), fromobiectus, perfect passive participle ofobiciō(“I throw against”), fromob-(“against”) +‎iaciō(“I throw”), as a calque ofAncient Greekἀντικείμενον(antikeímenon).Doublet ofobjectum andobjet.

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object (pluralobjects)

  1. Athing that hasphysicalexistence but is not alive.
  2. Objective;goal,end orpurpose of something.
    • 1825,Accounts and Papers, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page91:
      Money is anObject to you?
      Money is anObject to me.
    • 1860, Thomas Fenner Curtis,The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last Hundred Years, page161:
      And yet it may be proper to show that if time were anobject, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized.
    • 1863, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,Reports from Committees, page240:
      […] to secure first-class men you must either hold out a temptation of money, if money is anobject to them, or if it is not, then after a certain number of years' service, perhaps, some honour to be bestowed upon them; one or the other, I think, ought to be given to secure the best men that you can.
    • 1877, South Australia. Parliament,Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia: With Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed ..., page29:
      I think, if a captain had plenty of time to spare, and was not going on to any other port, he would prefer going into harbor; but if time were anobject with him, and he wished to get away as quickly as possible, he would go to the pier outside.
    • 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni,Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures
      Theobject of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.
  4. (grammar) Thenoun phrase which is an internalcomplement of averb phrase or aprepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with atransitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
    Hyponyms:direct object,indirect object
    Coordinate terms:subject;agent,patient,rheme,theme
  5. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
    Mary Jane had been theobject of Peter's affection for years.
    The convertible, once theobject of his desire, was now theobject of his hatred.
    Where's yourobject of ridicule now?
    1. (chiefly in the negative) A cause forattention orconcern.
      Money is no object to him.
  7. (object-oriented programming) Aninstantiation of aclass orstructure.
  8. (category theory) Aninstance of one of the two kinds ofentities that form acategory, the other kind being thearrows (also calledmorphisms).
    Similarly, there is a category whoseobjects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.
  9. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
    • c. 1610s,George Chapman,Batrachomyomachia
      He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In gloriousobject.

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Hyponyms ofobject (astronomy)
Hyponyms ofobject (object-oriented programming)

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thing
the goal, end or purpose of something
in grammar
person or thing to which an emotion is directed
object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure
category theory: instance of a kind of entities forming a category
obstacle or limitation
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Verb

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object (third-person singular simple presentobjects,present participleobjecting,simple past and past participleobjected)

  2. (intransitive) Todisagree with oroppose something or someone;(especially in a Court of Law) toraise anobjection.
    Iobject to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
    We stronglyobject to sending her to jail for ten years.
    • 1975, Meng Yao (孟瑤), “Homeward Bound”, inAn Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Taiwan, 1949-1974‎[1], volume 2,Taipei: China Printing, Ltd.,→OCLC,page33:
      “It’s only a few minutes from Nankang to Hsichih, my friends. Kindly make room for the lady,” the driver was all unctuous smiles, and spoke as though nobody was going toobject after he had given the word.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
    • 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i],page23, column 1:
      We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs,
      As well appeareth by the cauſe you come,
      Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon.
      Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thouobiect
      Againſt the Duke of Norfolke,Thomas Mowbray?
    • 1596,Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
      He 'gan to himobject his heinous Crime,
    • 1708,Joseph Addison,The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:
      There are others who willobject the poverty of the nation.
    • 1571, John Whitgift,Admonition to the Parliament:
      The book[…] giveth liberty toobject any crime against any such as are to be ordered.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Translations

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disagree with something or someone
(obsolete in English) to set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose

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Etymology

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FromMiddle French[Term?], fromOld Frenchobject, fromLatinobiectum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔpˈjɛkt/,/ɔˈbjɛkt/
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  • Hyphenation:ob‧ject

Noun

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object n (pluralobjecten,diminutiveobjectje n)

  1. object,item
  2. (grammar)object

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