Sekirov Dictionary

object

UK /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/US /ˈɑb.d͡ʒɛkt/

noun 8
/əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ verb 3
forms 5

noun8

a solid thing that is not alive, such as a stone, a book or a cup
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Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me. — 1825
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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.
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 cause for attention or concern.
- Money is no object to him.
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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(no longer used) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
- He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object. — 1610

object

/əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/

verb3

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To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
- I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
- We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years.
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(no longer used) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
- He 'gan to him object his heinous Crime, — 1596
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(no longer used) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
- early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.

forms

objected · objecting · objecteth · objects · objectest

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