Object
['ɒbdʒɪkt;-dʒekt] or ['ɑbdʒɛkt]
Definition
(noun.) a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; 'it was full of rackets, balls and other objects'.
(noun.) the focus of cognitions or feelings; 'objects of thought'; 'the object of my affection'.
(noun.) (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer; 'in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects'.
(noun.) (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; 'the object of the verb'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) be averse to or express disapproval of; 'My wife objects to modern furniture'.
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
(v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
(v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
(v. t.) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
(v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
(v. t.) That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause.
(v. t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
(v. t.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
(a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mark, butt.[2]. End, aim, intent, purpose, design, view, scope, drift, goal, final cause.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Appearance, sight, design, end, aim, motive, intent, view, goal
ANT:Idea, notion, conception, fancy, subject, proposal, purpose, effect
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Definition
v.t. to place before the view: to throw in the way of: to offer in opposition: to oppose.—v.i. to oppose: to give a reason against.—n. Objectificā′tion.—v.t. Object′ify to make objective.—n. Objec′tion act of objecting: anything said or done in opposition: argument against.—adj. Objec′tionable that may be objected to: requiring to be disapproved of.—adv. Objec′tionably in an objectionable manner or degree.—adj. Object′ive relating to an object: being exterior to the mind: substantive self-existent: setting forth what is external actual practical apart from the sensations or emotions of the speaker: as opposed to Subjective pertaining to that which is real or exists in nature in contrast with what is ideal or exists merely in thought: (gram.) belonging to the case of the object.—n. (gram.) the case of the object: in microscopes &c. the lens which brings the rays to a focus: the point to which the operations of an army are directed.—adv. Object′ively.—ns. Object′iveness; Object′ivism.—adj. Objectivist′ic.—ns. Objectiv′ity state of being objective; Object′or.
n. anything perceived or set before the mind: that which is sought after or that toward which an action is directed: end: motive: (gram.) that toward which the action of a transitive verb is directed.—ns. Ob′ject-find′er a device in microscopes for locating an object in the field before examination by a higher power; Ob′ject-glass the glass at the end of a telescope or microscope next the object; Ob′jectist one versed in the objective philosophy.—adj. Ob′jectless having no object: purposeless.—ns. Ob′ject-less′on a lesson in which the object to be described or a representation of it is shown; Ob′ject-soul a vital principle attributed by the primitive mind to inanimate objects.
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Examples
- May I say, at parting, that it is the dear object of MY hopes too? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is sufficient if every thing be compleat in the object itself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Its object (in your English opinion) is anarchy and revolution. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The most obvious conclusion from this is, that human nature is in general pusillanimous; since upon the sudden appearance of any object. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The object is but a phase of the active end,--continuing the activity successfully. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The same experienced union has the same effect on the mind, whether the united objects be motives, volitions and actions; or figure and motion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But those objects against which their envy seems principally directed, are the vices of the younger sort and the deaths of the old. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- All depends on our manner of viewing the objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is only necessary then to open one or the other of these latter to cause the appearance or disappearance or transformation of such objects as have been inclosed within it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He was always to her a being apart, doing what she objected to. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It seemed at first as if it was only Lightwood that he objected to meet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And such particular people as the Tollers are, they might have objected because some of our friends are not theirs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is the lady as formerly objected. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I meant,' exclaimed Wegg, testily, 'to the party as formerly objected? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I do not agree with you, objected Mr. Philander. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We must have been something else, said Celia, objecting to so laborious a flight of imagination. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It supplied Laura with a reason for objecting to the signature which was unanswerable, and which we could both of us understand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have been objecting to her already. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This was the first I knew of his objecting to my going to Nashville. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is again needless to say that, so far from objecting, I was all eagerness to assist her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What care I about their objecting? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Look at my mother; you don't see her objecting to everything except what she does herself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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