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/ˈɑbdʒɛkt, əbˈdʒɛkt/
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NOUN
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(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 -
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
it was full of rackets, balls and other objects -
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
the object of the verb -
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
the sole object of her trip was to see her children -
the focus of cognitions or feelings
objects of thought
the object of my affection
VERB
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be averse to or express disapproval of
My wife objects to modern furniture -
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
How To Use object In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- And there are a lot of so-called federalists, people who are just generally opposed to the extension of federal power and who object, who say look, this is the same thing that we objected to when liberals did it. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005
- It would not be so bad if these tests were actually based on science or some objective measure but they are usually exercises in bureaucratic futility. Barack Obama Elected President of the United States | One Year Later...What's Changed?
- With no personal stake in the performance scene, Priyambada continues to be one of the most objective observers and commentators of the Odissi scene.
- Both names are unobjectionable, but as the term Caddo has priority by a few pages preference is given to it. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891
- Antifascist groups have had their objections rejected because they live outside the area. Times, Sunday Times
- Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.