object

Meanings

Noun

• A thing that has physical existence.
• objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
• 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.
• An instantiation of a class or structure.
• An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
• Sight; show; appearance; aspect.

Verb

• To disagree with or oppose something or someone; to raise an objection.
• To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
• To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

Related

Similar words

• article, item, thing
• target

Narrower meaning words

• art object
• depicted object
• direct object
• exponential object
• foreign object
• found object
• indirect object
• initial object
• natural object
• physical object
• prepositional object
• retained object
• sex object
• unidentified flying object
• en
• celestial object
• deep-sky object
• Herbig-Haro object
• Kuiper belt object
• Messier object
• superluminal object
• first-class object
• function object
• God object
• immutable object
• mock object
• mutable object
• native object
• non-traversable object
• null object
• second-class object
• terminal object
• third-class object
• traversable object
• value object

Origin

• From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum ("object"), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō, from iaciō, as a gloss of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον.