object en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɑb.d͡ʒɛkt/ (General-American)
- /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ŏb'jĕkt
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. 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.
Meanings
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
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Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me.
1825, Accounts and Papers, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 91:2000, 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.
[…] to secure first-class men you must either hold out a temptation of money, if money is an object 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.
1863, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Committees, page 240:And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized.
1860, Thomas Fenner Curtis, The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last Hundred Years, page 161: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 an object with him, and he wished to get away as quickly as possible, he would go to the pier outside.
1877, South Australia. Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia: With Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed ..., page 29:
- 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.
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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 the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
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(in the negative) A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. ▸ A cause for attention or concern.
Money is no object to him.
the object of a strongly worded censure
- (qualifier:object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
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An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.
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(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| objects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
theme · agent · rheme · subject · patient
Deriveds
interobject · business object · near-Earth object · object lesson · object request broker · object-based language · objectionable · scattered disc object · bright shiny object · object lens · objectify · trans-Neptunian object · superobject · object pool pattern · object ball · object orientation · object finder · quasi-stellar object · Thorne–Żytkow object · instrument-shaped object · zero object · object glass · transitional object · verb-object · total object · Thorne-Zytkow object · unidentified submerged object · massive compact halo object · object language · objecthood · object camp · data transfer object · objectual · object permanence · massive astronomical compact halo object · massive astrophysical compact halo object · versioned object base · objectness · nanoobject · object blindness · Edgeworth-Kuiper object · group object · objectless · object graph · natural numbers object · object world · blobject · massive and compact halo object · object-based programming · BL Lac object · hidden-object game · post-object art · multiobject · unidentified submarine object · nonobject · object sexuality · objectist · object manipulation · object pronoun · subobject · data object · object clause · object adapter pattern · objectification · objectsona · objectal · object show · Thorne–Zytkow object · wayobject · cognate object · object complement · anti-object art · object head · objective · objectize · object-oriented · objectlike · data access object · eternally collapsing object · object oriented programming · potentially hazardous object · objectism · object-soul · planetary object · partial object · object-based · money is no object · object-control · objet d’art · metaobject · object code · object-oriented language · logject · object space · HH object · objectization · blogject
Descendants
objekto · オブジェクト · 오브젝트 · objek
Hyponyms
Thorne-Żytkow object · Herbig-Haro object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · unidentified flying object · immutable object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · binary large object · exponential object · depicted object · mock object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · terminal object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · deep-sky object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · non-traversable object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · traversable object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · null object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · mobile object · Kuiper belt object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · sex object · initial object · mutable object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · found object · object of art · native object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · Messier object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · first-class object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · BL Lacertae object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · art object · celestial object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · God object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · superluminal object (Hyponyms of object (astronomy)) · third-class object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · value object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · second-class object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · function object (Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)) · cost object · prepositional object
Relateds
Synonyms
target (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed) · item (thing) · thing (thing) · article (thing) · focus
Translations (349)
fo ávirki (3. in grammar) · km វត្ថុ (1. thing) · mr ऑबजेक्ट (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · pl dopełnienie (3. in grammar) · te కర్మ (3. in grammar) · sa वस्तु (1. thing) · gld дяка (1. thing) · ga aidhm (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · it oggetto (1. thing) · pt objetivo (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · el αντικείμενο (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · be аб'е́кт (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · hy իր (1. thing) · az tamamlıq (3. in grammar) · kl susaq (3. in grammar) · nl meewerkend voorwerp (3. in grammar) · ru объе́кт (3. in grammar) · ar كَائِن (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · te వస్తువు (1. thing) · it cosa (1. thing) · ja オブジェクト (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · cs objekt (1. thing) · mi whāinga (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · az obyekt (1. thing) · eo objekto (3. in grammar) · mk предмет (1. thing) · mi mea (1. thing) · tr obje (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · hu célpont (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · sl objekt (1. thing) · fi tekemisen kohde (3. in grammar) · ja 目的語 (3. in grammar) · ms penyambut (3. in grammar) · bg допълне́ние (3. in grammar) · fr objet (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · uz narsa (1. thing) · hi वस्तु (1. thing) · sl predmet (3. in grammar) · ko 객체 (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · cs věc (1. thing) · ar شَيْء (1. thing) · ang þing (1. thing) · hu objektum (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ga cuspa (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · it oggetto (3. in grammar) · sh objekt (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · it oggetto (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · sk objekt (1. thing) · ko 대상 (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · sh objekt (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · mr लक्ष्य (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · de Ziel (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · de Sache (1. thing) · cmn 賓語 /宾语 (3. in grammar) · cmn 物件 (1. thing) · de Objekt (1. thing) · nrf objet (1. thing) · uk об'є́кт (3. in grammar) · sh објекат (3. in grammar) · sh пре́дмет (1. thing) · vi đồ vật (1. thing) · ca objecte (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · hu cél (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · mi aronga (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · pl obiekt (1. thing) · my ကံ (3. in grammar) · ja 目的 (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ur مَفعُول (3. in grammar) · hi हदफ (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · sh stvȃr (1. thing) · de Ergänzung (3. in grammar) · pt objeto (1. thing) · lt papildinys (3. in grammar) · hi लक्ष्य (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · vi tân ngữ (3. in grammar) · sd نشانو (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · lo ອັນ (1. thing) · da ting (1. thing) · nb objekt (1. thing) · ru объе́кт (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ur چِیز (1. thing) · km វត្ថុវិស័យ (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · tr cisim (1. thing) · tr nesne (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · de Gegenstand (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ur ہَدَف (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · is andlag (3. in grammar) · sv objekt (1. thing) · cmn 事物 (1. thing) · sl predmet (1. thing) · da objekt (1. thing) · sh objekat (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · sl reč (1. thing) · ms objek (3. in grammar) · de Satzergänzung (3. in grammar) · sv objekt (3. in grammar) · he חֵפֶץ (1. thing) · uz toʻldiruvchi (3. in grammar) · mr कर्म (3. in grammar) · uk об'є́кт (1. thing) · sd وَٿَ (1. thing) · it complemento oggetto (3. in grammar) · ja 物件 (1. thing) · de Objekt (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · sq kundrinor (3. in grammar) · fr objet (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · fi kohde (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · uk об'є́кт (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · fi esine (1. thing) · hi कर्म (3. in grammar) · ru объе́кт (1. thing) · ky объект (1. thing) · he אוביקט (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · bg предме́т (1. thing) · ro lucru (1. thing) · ko 물건 (1. thing) · pt objeto (3. in grammar) · fr objet (1. thing) · hu tárgy (3. in grammar) · be прадме́т (1. thing) · th กรรม (3. in grammar) · sh objekat (3. in grammar) · el αντικείμενο (1. thing) · kk толықтауыш (3. in grammar) · ht objè (1. thing) · ky толуктооч (3. in grammar) · de Ding (1. thing) · es objeto (1. thing) · el αντικείμενο (3. in grammar) · mk ствар (1. thing) · hu dolog (1. thing) · nb ting (1. thing) · da genstand (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · lo ວັດຖຸ (1. thing) · bg обе́кт (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ru вещь (1. thing) · ml വസ്തു (1. thing) · sh објект (3. in grammar) · nb objekt (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · xal немлт (3. in grammar) · sv objekt (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · oc objècte (1. thing) · fi kohde (3. in grammar) · lv papildinātājs (3. in grammar) · sh објект (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · he מֻשָּׂא \ מושא (3. in grammar) · ta பொருள் (1. thing) · mi mātāoroko (6. category theory: instance of a kind of entities forming a category) · fi objekti (6. category theory: instance of a kind of entities forming a category) · be аб'е́кт (3. in grammar) · he אוֹבְּיֶקְט (1. thing) · bg вещ (1. thing) · sh ства̑р (1. thing) · ru предме́т (1. thing) · hi चीज़ (1. thing) · ga oibiacht (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · hu objektum (6. category theory: instance of a kind of entities forming a category) · hu tárgy (1. thing) · cmn 對象 /对象 (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · vi đối tượng (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · gd cuspair (3. in grammar) · fi olio (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ko 것 (1. thing) · pdt Dinkj (1. thing) · hy խնդիր (3. in grammar) · fi kappale (1. thing) · tg мафъул (3. in grammar) · fa-ira شِیْء (1. thing) · ga cuspóir (3. in grammar) · sh објект (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · gl obxecto (3. in grammar) · sh објекат (1. thing) · sd وَکَرُ (1. thing) · mk обје́кт (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · el αντικείμενο (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · th วัตถุประสงค์ (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · tg пуркунанда (3. in grammar) · gl obxecto (1. thing) · mi aronga (3. in grammar) · cmn 目的 (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ko 오브젝트 (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · cs předmět (1. thing) · pl rzecz (1. thing) · hy առարկա (1. thing) · mi mātāoroko (1. thing) · mk обје́кт (3. in grammar) · ar مَفْعُول بِهِ (3. in grammar) · nb objekt (3. in grammar) · tr şey (1. thing) · az əşya (1. thing) · ml കർമ്മം (3. in grammar) · cmn 東西 /东西 (1. thing) · be дапаўне́нне (3. in grammar) · ar غَرَضْ (1. thing) · nl lijdend voorwerp (3. in grammar) · nrf objet (3. in grammar) · mi ahanoa (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ta நோக்கம் (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · sv föremål (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · bg цел (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · pl przedmiot (1. thing) · bg обе́кт (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · vi đối tượng (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · hu objektum (1. thing) · fi objekti (1. thing) · fr objet (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ka დამატება (3. in grammar) · km កម្មបទ (3. in grammar) · mn зүйл (1. thing) · ja 物体 (1. thing) · fa-ira مَفْعول (3. in grammar) · hu célkitűzés (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · io objekto (1. thing) · is andl. (3. in grammar) · ta நபர் (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · sk vec (1. thing) · ru дополне́ние (3. in grammar) · hi हदफ़ (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · kk объект (1. thing) · et sihitis (3. in grammar) · ro obiect (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · cmn 目標 /目标 (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (1. thing) · nb gjenstand (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · ka საგანი (1. thing) · tr nesne (3. in grammar) · vi vật thể (1. thing) · uz obʻyekt (1. thing) · az şey (1. thing) · mt oġġett (3. in grammar) · id objek (3. in grammar) · sa कर्मन् (3. in grammar) · ta பொருள் (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · ga rud (1. thing) · ka ობიექტი (1. thing) · sd مفعول (3. in grammar) · is hlutur (1. thing) · hi निशाना (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · sh prédmet (1. thing) · es objeto (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ga réad (1. thing) · bo ཅ་ལག (1. thing) · ro complement (3. in grammar) · pl przedmiot (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · de Objekt (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · cmn 對象 /对象 (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · sh објекат (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · fa-ira هَدَف (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ar عُرْضَة (1. thing) · nl object (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · th วัตถุ (1. thing) · ja 対象 (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · ta ஆள் (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · mn тусагдахуун (3. in grammar) · be аб'е́кт (1. thing) · mi rauwene (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · hu szándék (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ko 목적어 (3. in grammar) · pt complemento (3. in grammar) · sk predmet (3. in grammar) · nl object (1. thing) · sk predmet (1. thing) · fa-ira شِیء (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ar مَفْعُول (3. in grammar) · fi piste (6. category theory: instance of a kind of entities forming a category) · da objekt (3. in grammar) · txb wreme (1. thing) · sh òbjekt (1. thing) · la objectus (1. thing) · hu tárgy (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · it oggetto (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · ast oxetu (1. thing) · pl obiekt (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · uk дода́ток (3. in grammar) · fi olio (1. thing) · da genstandsled (3. in grammar) · tt тәмамлык (3. in grammar) · be дапаўне́ньне (3. in grammar) · mg zavatra (1. thing) · af objek (1. thing) · ky нерсе (1. thing) · fa-ira چیز (1. thing) · fi tavoite (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ja 物 (1. thing) · nb gjenstand (1. thing) · ro obiect (1. thing) · pl obiekt (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · la rēs (1. thing) · fi objekti (3. in grammar) · ast oxetu (3. in grammar) · hy օբյեկտ (1. thing) · ast oxetu (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · pt objeto (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · uk річ (1. thing) · ko 목적 (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · sh objekat (1. thing) · tr nesne (1. thing) · ug تولدۇرغۇچى (3. in grammar) · mi ahanoa (1. thing) · de Gegenstand (1. thing) · sd شَي (1. thing) · sh објекат (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · el σκοπός (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · cmn 物件 (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · cs předmět (3. in grammar) · sv föremål (1. thing) · ar هَدَف (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · gl obxecto (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · fr objet (3. in grammar) · nrf objet (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · es objeto (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · tg чиз (1. thing) · be рэч (1. thing) · et ese (1. thing) · ta செயப்படுபொருள் (3. in grammar) · ro obiect (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · es objecto (4.1. cause for attention or concern) · sl stvar (1. thing) · de Objekt (3. in grammar) · la objectum (3. in grammar) · ru объе́кт (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · mk предмет (3. in grammar) · yi אָביעקט (1. thing) · th อ็อบเจกต์ (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · lo ກຳ (3. in grammar) · kk нәрсе (1. thing) · fi päämäärä (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ca objecte (1. thing) · uk предме́т (1. thing) · sh о̀бјект (1. thing) · vec ojeto (1. thing) · mr वस्तू (1. thing) · ca objecte (3. in grammar) · sh objekat (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · bn মকসদ (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · es objeto (3. in grammar) · eo objekto (1. thing) · fr chose (1. thing) · da genstand (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · ta பொருள் (5. object-oriented programming: instantiation of a class or structure) · nl voorwerp (1. thing) · ga cuspóir (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · hy նպատակ (2. the goal, end or purpose of something) · sh objekt (3. in grammar) · tg шайъ (1. thing) · ru объе́кт (4. person or thing to which an emotion is directed) · cmn 物體 /物体 (1. thing) · ky объект (3. in grammar) · ta குறிக்கோள் (2. the goal, end or purpose of something)