object

English

Etymology

From Latin obiectum (“object”) literally "thrown against", from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“throw against”), from ob (“against”) + iaciō (“throw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA^(key): /ˈɒb.dʒɛkt/
• (US) enPR: ŏb'jĕkt, IPA^(key): /ˈɑb.dʒɛkt/

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Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: əb-jĕkt', IPA^(key): /əbˈdʒɛkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

object (plural objects)

1. A thing that has physical existence.
2. The goal, end or purpose of something.
   • 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures

     The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.

3. (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.
4. 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 object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.

5. (computing) In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.
6. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
   • Chapman

     He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (thing): article, item, thing
• (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed): target
• See also Wikisaurus:goal

Derived terms

Derived terms

art object celestial object deep-sky object depicted object direct object exponential object first-class object foreign object found object function object God object Herbig-Haro object immutable object indirect object initial object Kuiper belt object/KBO

mental object Messier object mock object mutable object natural object null object object ball object blindness object code object complement object glass object language object lens object lesson object orientation object pronoun

object space object-control objecthood objectify objectionable objective object-oriented physical object prepositional object retained object second-class object sex object terminal object third-class object unidentified flying object/UFO

Related terms

• object graph
• objet d’art

Translations

thing

• Afrikaans: objek
• Arabic: هدف (ar) m (hádaf)
• Armenian: օբյեկտ (hy) (ōbyekt), իր (ir)
• Asturian: oxetu m
• Belarusian: прадмет m (pradmét), аб'ект m (ab'jékt)
• Bulgarian: предмет (bg) m (predmét), обект (bg) m (obékt)
• Catalan: objecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物體, 物体 (zh) (wùtǐ), 物件 (zh) (wùjiàn)

• Czech: předmět (cs) m, objekt (cs) m
• Danish: objekt (da), ting (da)
• Dutch: object (nl) n, voorwerp (nl) n
• Estonian: ese
• Finnish: esine (fi), objekti (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• Galician: obxecto m
• German: Objekt (de) n, Gegenstand (de) m
• Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
• Haitian Creole: objè
• Hebrew: אוביקט (he) m, חפץ (he) m
• Hindi: चीज़ (hi) f (cīz)
• Hungarian: tárgy (hu)
• Icelandic: hlutur (is) m
• Ido: objekto (io)
• Italian: oggetto (it) m
• Japanese: 物体 (ja) (ぶったい, buttai), 物 (ja) (もの, mono), 物件 (ぶっけん, bukken)

• Jèrriais: objet m
• Korean: 물건 (ko) (mulgeon) (物件 (ko))
• Macedonian: предмет m (prédmet)
• Malagasy: zavatra (mg)
• Marathi: वस्तु (vastu)
• Norwegian: objekt (no) n, ting (no) m, gjenstand (no) m
• Persian: چیز (fa) (čiz), شیء (fa) (šey')
• Polish: przedmiot (pl) m, obiekt (pl) m
• Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
• Romanian: obiect (ro) n, lucru (ro) n
• Russian: объект (ru) m (obʺjékt), предмет (ru) m (predmét)
• Sanskrit: वस्तु (vastu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат m, (Croatian) објект m, предмет m

  Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat m, (Croatian) objekt m, predmet m

• Sindhi: شَي f, وَٿَ f, وَکَرُ m
• Slovak: predmet m, objekt m
• Slovene: predmet (sl) m, objekt m
• Spanish: objeto (es) m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n, föremål (sv) n
• Tajik: шайъ (šayʾ)
• Telugu: వస్తువు (te) (vastuvu)
• Turkish: cisim (tr), nesne (tr)
• Ukrainian: предмет (uk) m (predmét), об'єкт m (ob'jékt)
• Urdu: چیز f (cīz)
• Vietnamese: đồ vật (vi), vật thể (vi)

the goal, end or purpose of something

• Greek: σκοπός (el) m (skopós)

• Spanish: objeto (es) m

in grammar

• Arabic: مفعول m (mafʿūl)
• Armenian: խնդիր (xndir)
• Asturian: oxetu m
• Catalan: objecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賓語, 宾语 (zh) (bīnyǔ)

• Czech: předmět (cs) m
• Dutch: lijdend voorwerp (nl) n, meewerkend voorwerp n
• Finnish: objekti (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• Galician: obxecto m
• German: Objekt (de) n
• Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
• Hebrew: מושא (he) m
• Hindi: कर्म (karma)
• Hungarian: tárgy (hu)
• Icelandic: andlag (is) n, andl. n
• Italian: oggetto (it) m
• Japanese: 目的語 (もくてきご, mokutekigo)
• Jèrriais: objet m

• Khmer: កម្មបទ (kambɑt)
• Macedonian: предмет m (prédmet), објект m (objékt)
• Marathi: कर्म (mr) (karma)
• Norwegian: objekt (no) n
• Persian: مفعول (fa) (maf'ul)
• Polish: dopełnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
• Russian: объект (ru) m (obʺjékt), дополнение (ru) n (dopolnénije)
• Sanskrit: कर्म (karma)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuspair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат m, (Croatian) објект m

  Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat m, (Croatian) objekt m

• Sindhi: مفعول m
• Spanish: complemento (es) m, objeto (es) m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n
• Telugu: కర్మ (te) (karma)
• Turkish: nesne (tr)
• Vietnamese: tân ngữ (vi)

person or thing to which an emotion is directed

• Asturian: oxetu m
• Catalan: objecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對象, 对象 (zh) (duìxiàng)

• Finnish: kohde (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• Galician: obxecto m
• Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
• Italian: oggetto (it) m
• Japanese: 対象 (ja) (たいしょう, taishō)
• Khmer: វត្ថុវិស័យ (voattʰo vi’say)

• Maori: rauwene (of censure, criticism, blame)
• Norwegian: gjenstand (no) m
• Polish: przedmiot (pl) m, obiekt (pl) m
• Portuguese: objetivo (pt) m
• Russian: объект (ru) m (obʺjékt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат m, (Croatian) објект m

  Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat m, (Croatian) objekt m

• Sindhi: نشانو m
• Swedish: föremål (sv) n
• Vietnamese: đối tượng (vi)

in object-oriented programming

• Arabic: كائن (ar) m (kāʾin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對象, 对象 (zh) (duìxiàng)

• Dutch: object (nl) n
• Finnish: olio (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• German: Objekt (de) n
• Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
• Hebrew: אוביקט (he) m
• Italian: oggetto (it) m
• Japanese: オブジェクト (ja) (obujekuto)
• Jèrriais: objet m

• Macedonian: објект m (objékt)
• Norwegian: objekt (no) n
• Persian: شیء (fa) (šey')
• Polish: obiekt (pl) m
• Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
• Russian: объект (ru) m (obʺjékt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) објекат m, (Croatian) објект m

  Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) objekat m, (Croatian) objekt m

• Spanish: objeto (es) m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n
• Turkish: nesne (tr), obje (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: objekto (io)
• Slovak: predmet m

See also

• subject

Verb

object (third-person singular simple present objects, present participle objecting, simple past and past participle objected)

1. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.

   I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.

2. (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.
   • Spenser

     He gave to him to object his heinous crime.

   • Addison

     Others object the poverty of the nation.

   • Whitgift

     The book […] giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
   • Fairfax

     Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.

   • Hooker

     some strong impediment or other objecting itself

   • Alexander Pope

     Pallas to their eyes / The mist objected, and condensed the skies.

Derived terms

• objection

Translations

disagree with something or someone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反對, 反对 (zh) (fǎnduì)

• Czech: namítnout
• Danish: indvende
• Dutch: protesteren (nl), ertegen zijn
• Finnish: vastustaa (fi)
• French: s'opposer (fr), objecter (fr)
• German: dagegen sein, Einwände haben, einwenden (de)
• Greek: διαφωνώ (el) (diafonó), αντιτίθεμαι (el) (antitíthemai), ενίσταμαι (el) (enístamai), αντιτείνω (el) (antiteíno)
• Hungarian: ellenez (hu)
• Icelandic: mótmæla (is), malda í mórinn, mæla á móti
• Ido: objecionar (io)
• Italian: obiettare (it)
• Japanese: 反対する (ja) (はんたいする, hantai-suru)

• Macedonian: приговара (prigóvara)
• Malagasy: mitohitra, tsy manaiky
• Polish: sprzeciwiać się (pl)
• Portuguese: objetar (pt)
• Quechua: kutipakuy
• Russian: возражать (ru) impf (vozražátʹ), возразить (ru) pf (vozrazítʹ)
• Slovak: namietať
• Spanish: objetar
• Swedish: invända (sv), motsätta sig, protestera (sv)
• Turkish: karşı çıkmak (tr), itirazı olmak
• Vietnamese: phản đối (vi)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: charge · church · paper · #598: object · faith · gentleman · persons

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Noun

object n (plural objecten, diminutive objectje n)

1. object