object
Meaning of object
noun
- a material thing that can be seen and touched.
he was dragging a large object
small objects such as shells
- a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed.
disease became the object of investigation
he hated being the object of public attention
- a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition.
in Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object
- a data construct that provides a description of anything known to a computer (such as a processor or a piece of code) and defines its method of operation.
the interface treats most items, including cells, graphs, and buttons, as objects
- say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something.
residents object to the volume of traffic
the boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully
‘It doesn't seem natural,’ she objected
late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare .
Information about object
- The plural form of object is: objects.
- Languages in which object is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of object
ob-ject
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- object is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
object synonyms
Meaning aim:
Meaning an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to:
Meaning a particular item or object:
Meaning an individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment:
Meaning a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one:
Meaning a thing with distinct and independent existence:
Meaning a material object:
Meaning used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention:
Meaning a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention:
Meaning a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify:
Meaning used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify:
Meaning used to refer to something that the speaker cannot name precisely:
Meaning miscellaneous items; paraphernalia:
Meaning a gadget or other object whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall:
Meaning a small object or gadget, especially one whose precise name the speaker cannot recall:
Meaning used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically:
Meaning a push or blow, especially one given with the head:
Meaning the centre of interest or activity:
Meaning a person or thing that receives or is awarded something:
Meaning a person who is tricked or duped:
Meaning disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning raise objections or show reluctance:
Meaning object to:
object antonyms
Meaning a conception of or belief about something:
Meaning officially agree to or accept as satisfactory:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning accept something reluctantly but without protest:
Translation of object
- Italian: oggetto, obiettare, obiettivo, meta, finalità, obbiettivo
- Portuguese: objeto, objectar
- German: Objekt, einwenden
- French: objet, objecter
- Spanish: objeto, objetar, objetivo
Words that rhyme with object
Ject, Intraject, Spartaject, Ultraject, traject, abject, cosubject, countersubject, nonsubject, overobject, preobject, presubject, reobject, resubject, subject, superobject, unabject, unsubject, adject, deject, eject, prereject, reeject, reject, Becomject, conject, inject, microinject, reinject, Asproject, Dramoject, Estroject, Flexoject, counterproject, introject, megaproject, project, reproject, retroject, subproject, Caverject, interject, disject
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