object
IPA: ˈɑbdʒɛkt
noun
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- (grammar) 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.
- (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
- (category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
- (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
verb
- (intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
- (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
- (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
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Examples of "object" in Sentences
- The items in the queue are command objects.
- The image of the object is the object itself.
- His object is the attainment of truth in matters of fact.
- China objected, and Grant was asked to arbitrate the matter.
- No attempt has been made to itemize objections to the article.
- The object of the game is to throw the ball into the opponents goal.
- Object of the game is to maneuver the ball from the start to the goal.
- The object of the game is to maneuver the ball from the start to the goal.
- The goal should be objectively defined and intelligible for the individual.
- The object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the opposing goal.
- -- Create a SQL Server object EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'SQLDMO. SQLServer', @object OUT
- She suspects the object of his visit; more than that, she knows it: _she is herself its object_.
- * Init a queue object function init ($object, $package_size) $this - > data [$object] = array ();
- * Put object in queue function put ($object, $scope) $this - > data [$object] [ 'data'] [] = $scope;
- This is what $object method ... syntax supports quite well, as it allows the object to decide how to interpret the message depending on its type.
- _Book_, naming the thing acted upon, they call the _direct_ object; and _me_, naming the person toward whom the act is directed, they call the +indirect+, or _dative_, +object+.
- By the latter process they put _themselves_ on the outside of an object -- in fact, they surround it; by the former, they put the _object_ outside by allowing it to escape through their bodies.
- But this only proves that while thousands and tens of thousands of their fellow beings spent their lives in insignificance, for want of a definite object to live for, these men, having an _object_ before them, _accomplished_ something.
- For best performance, all objects that are called within the same stored procedure should all be owned by the same object owner or schema, preferably dbo, and should also be referred to in the format of object_owner. object_name or schema_owner. object_ name.
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