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" Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books."
Gaston Bachelard

Meaning of "object" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBJECT

From Late Latin objectus something thrown before (the mind), from Latin obicere.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OBJECT

ˈɒbdʒɪkt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBJECT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Object is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBJECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Object

Object may refer to: ▪ Object, a thing, being or concept ▪ Entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses ▪ As used in object relations theory of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates ▪ Object, a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object ▪ Object, an object which does not exist at any particular time or place ▪ Object, an abstract object arising in mathematics ▪ Group object, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets ▪ Goal, an aim, target or objective ▪ Physical body or object, in physics, a collection of masses ▪ Planetary object, any secondary body in the Solar system that has a planet-like geology ▪ Object, an entity treated by mathematical category theory ▪ 3D model, a representation of a physical object ▪ Object, a classification used by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ▪ Объект; Russian GABTU military vehicle designations...

Definition of object in the English dictionary

The first definition of object in the dictionary is a tangible and visible thing. Other definition of object is a person or thing seen as a focus or target for feelings, thought, etc. Object is also an aim, purpose, or objective.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBJECT

addict · Benedict · conflict · contradict · convict · countersubject · depict · dict · district · imperfect · nonsubject · perfect · Pict · predict · restrict · spiked · strict · subject · unsubject · verdict

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBJECT

obj. · object ball · object clause · object database · object glass · object language · object lesson · object linking and embedding · object of virtu · object program · object relations theory · object-oriented · objectification · objectified · objectifies · objectify · objection · objectionability · objectionable · objectionableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBJECT

abject · BL Lac object · change the subject · cognate object · core subject · direct object · found object · indirect object · intensional object · no object · project · quasi-stellar object · reobject · resubject · retained object · sex object · short subject · special subject · specialized subject · unidentified flying object

Synonyms and antonyms of object in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBJECT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «object» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «object» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF OBJECT

Find out the translation of object to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of object from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «object» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

物体
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

objeto
570 millions of speakers
en

English

object
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वस्तु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَيّءٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

предмет
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

objeto
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্দেশ্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

objet
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Objek
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gegenstand
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

물체
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Obyek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật thể
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பொருள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ऑब्जेक्ट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

nesne
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

oggetto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przedmiot
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

об´єкт
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

obiect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντικειμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorwerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

objekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjenstand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of object

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBJECT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of object
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «object».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about object

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «OBJECT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word object.
1
Samuel Alexander
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
2
Samuel Alexander
Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it partly practically and partly speculatively.
3
Mary Antin
The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.
4
Minna Antrim
The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.
5
Gaston Bachelard
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
6
Candice Bergen
People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.
7
William Beveridge
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.
8
Elizabeth Blackwell
I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.
9
Charles M. Blow
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
10
Franz Boas
I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBJECT»

Discover the use of object in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to object and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Linking key psychoanalytical and philosophical concepts to social phenomena such as totalitarianism and racism, the book explores the political significance of these fantasies of control.
Slavoj Žižek, 1989
2
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
With Design Patterns as your guide, you will learn how these important patterns fit into the software development process, and how you can leverage them to solve your own design problems most efficiently.
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, 1994
3
Python 3 Object Oriented Programming
Harness the power of Python 3 objects.
Dusty Phillips, 2010
4
An Object-Oriented Approach to Programming Logic and Design
This text takes a unique, language-independent approach to ensure students develop a strong foundation in traditional programming principles and object-oriented concepts before learning the details of a specific programming language.
Joyce Farrell, 2012
5
Word and Object
Willard Van Orman Quine begins this influential work by declaring, "Language is asocial art.
Willard Van Orman Quine, 2013
6
An Introduction to Object Recognition: Selected Algorithms ...
The book presents an overview of the diverse applications for OR and highlights important algorithm classes, presenting representative example algorithms for each class.
Marco Alexander Treiber, 2010
7
Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML
Programmers and designers learn how to assess and enhance their work as the author walks them through the evaluation of designs taken from actual projects and the realistic example that ends the book.
Meilir Page-Jones, 2000
8
Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
Along the way, the book systematically addresses challenges that development teams encounter with TDD—from integrating TDD into your processes to testing your most difficult features.
Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce, 2009
9
SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy
Additionally, users from diverse fields with different requirements can adapt the examples in SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy to fit their unique situations. This book is part of the SAS Press program.
Michele M. Burlew, 2012
10
Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory
Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory offers a conceptual map of the most difficult terrain in psychoanalysis as well as a history of its most complex disputes.
Jay Greenberg, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBJECT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term object is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Clapham Junction woman pictured with a long pink object sticking …
The picture has since been 'liked' over 730 times and received hundreds of comments with people speculating what it is. Participants of the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Robots' maps of their environments can make existing object
The proposed SLAM-aware object recognition system is able to localize and recognize several objects in the scene, aggregating detection ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
3
In Emails, Patrick's Office Did Not Object to Veto Memo
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick signs bills on the last day of the 84th session June 1, 2015. In recent days, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has portrayed his office as ... «Texas Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Neighbors object to man's morning ritual
Every morning police said 79-year-old Richard Michlewski would strode out onto the balcony of his Cartright Street apartment in the nude and ... «CT Post, Jul 15»
5
'Vitastiq' body analyser: Coolest Thing In Wired's Office
Join product editor Jeremy White on a weekly guide to the strangest, most amazing or simply most unfathomable object in the WIRED office. «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Macheke takes his object lessons to Chippa
Zitha Macheke does not feel bad about having an Absa Premiership title medal even though he did not even play for Kaizer Chiefs last season. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
7
Mystery beach object declared safe
A 15 foot long object discovered on a beach in Co Clare yesterday has been declared safe. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts have ... «The Clare Herald, Jul 15»
8
Object storage adoption: Why, when, where… and, importantly, but
Comment In one of my recent posts, I wrote about private object storage not being for everyone, especially if you don't have the size to make it ... «The Register, Jul 15»
9
Man in critical condition, struck by falling object
A man is in critical condition after he was struck by an object that fell approximately 10 storeys at a construction site in Woodbridge, according to ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
10
Police appeal after object catches fire at house in Magilligan
Police in Limavady are appealing for witnesses following an incident at a house in Limestone Road in Magilligan after an object was left at the ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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