English Explanatory Dictionary

object

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
  2. Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
  3. 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.
  4. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
  5. A cause for attention or concern.
  6. An instantiation of a class or structure.
  7. An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
  8. Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
verb
  1. To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
  2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
  3. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

Pronunciation

ŏb'jĕkt /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/ /ˈɑb.d͡ʒɛkt/ en-us-object-noun.ogg /əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ en-us-object-verb.ogg əb-jĕkt'

Word forms

object objects objecting objected

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.

Synonyms

target article item thing demur except take exception

Related words

subject

Derived words

anti-object art BL Lac object blobject blogject bright shiny object business object cognate object data access object data transfer object Edgeworth-Kuiper object eternally collapsing object group object HH object hidden-object game instrument-shaped object interobject logject massive and compact halo object massive astronomical compact halo object massive astrophysical compact halo object massive compact halo object metaobject money is no object multiobject nanoobject natural numbers object near-Earth object nonobject object adapter pattern objectal object ball object-based object-based language object-based programming object blindness object camp object clause object code object complement object-control object finder object glass object graph object head objecthood objectification objectify objectionable objectism objectist objective objectization objectize object language object lens objectless object lesson objectlike object manipulation objectness

Translations

Asturian: oxetu Bulgarian: обе́кт Catalan: objecte Chinese Mandarin: 對象 /对象 Danish: genstand Finnish: kohde French: objet Galician: obxecto German: Objekt Greek: αντικείμενο Hungarian: tárgy Hungarian: célpont Italian: oggetto Japanese: 対象 Khmer: វត្ថុវិស័យ Korean: 대상 Māori: rauwene Norwegian Bokmål: gjenstand Polish: przedmiot Polish: obiekt Portuguese: objetivo Romanian: obiect Russian: объе́кт Serbo-Croatian: објекат Serbo-Croatian: објект Serbo-Croatian: objekat Serbo-Croatian: objekt Sindhi: نشانو Swedish: föremål Tamil: நபர் Tamil: ஆள் Tamil: பொருள் Vietnamese: đối tượng
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