object

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

• Audio (US)

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Verb

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

object (plural objects)

1. A thing that has physical existence.
2. Objective; 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 the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.

   Where's your object of ridicule now?

5. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
6. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
7. (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

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of object

• art object
• depicted object
• direct object
• exponential object

• foreign object
• found object
• indirect object
• initial object

• natural object
• physical object
• prepositional object

• retained object
• sex object
• unidentified flying object

Hyponyms of object (astronomy)

• celestial object
• deep-sky object

• Herbig-Haro object
• Kuiper belt object

• Messier object

• superluminal object

Hyponyms of object (object-oriented programming)

• first-class object
• function object
• God object

• immutable object
• mock object
• mutable object

• native object
• null object
• second-class object

• terminal object
• third-class object
• value object

Derived terms

Terms derived from object

• object-based
• object-control

• objecthood
• objectify

• objectionable
• objective

• object-oriented

Related terms

Related terms

• object ball
• object blindness
• object code
• object complement

• object glass
• object graph
• object language
• object lens

• object lesson
• object orientation
• object-oriented

• object pronoun
• object space
• objet d’art

Translations

thing

• Afrikaans: objek
• Armenian: օբյեկտ (hy) (ōbyekt), իր (hy) (ir), առարկա (hy) (aṙarka)
• Asturian: oxetu m
• Belarusian: прадме́т m (pradmjét), аб'е́кт m (abʺjékt)
• Bulgarian: предме́т (bg) m (predmét), обе́кт (bg) m (obékt)
• Catalan: objecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物體 (zh), 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
• Esperanto: objekto (eo)
• Estonian: ese
• Finnish: esine (fi), objekti (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• Galician: obxecto m
• Georgian: საგანი (sagani), ობიექტი (obiekṭi)
• German: Gegenstand (de) m, Objekt (de) n
• 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)
• Khmer: វត្ថុ (km) (voattʰo’)
• Korean: 물건 (ko) (mulgeon) (物件 (ko))

• Lao: ອັນ ('an)
• Macedonian: предмет m (predmet)
• Malagasy: zavatra (mg)
• Marathi: वस्तु (vastu)
• Norman: objet m
• Norwegian: objekt (no) n, ting (no) m, gjenstand (no) m
• Old English: þing n
• 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: объе́кт (ru) m (obʺjékt), предме́т (ru) m (predmét)
• Sanskrit: वस्तु (sa) (vastu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

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

• Sindhi: شَي‏‎ f, وَٿَ‏‎ (sd) f, وَکَرُ‏‎ m
• Slovak: predmet (sk) m, objekt m
• Slovene: predmet (sl) m, objekt m
• Spanish: objeto (es) m, objecto m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n, föremål (sv) n
• Tajik: шайъ (tg) (šayʾ)
• Telugu: వస్తువు (te) (vastuvu)
• Thai: วัตถุ (th)
• Turkish: cisim (tr), nesne (tr)
• Ukrainian: предме́т (uk) m (predmét), об'є́кт m (obʺjékt)
• Urdu: چیز‏‎ f (cīz)
• Vietnamese: đồ vật (vi), vật thể (vi)

the goal, end or purpose of something

• Arabic: هَدَف‏‎ (ar) m (hadaf)
• Armenian: նպատակ (hy) (npatak)
• Greek: σκοπός (el) m (skopós)

• Maori: aronga
• Spanish: objeto (es) m
• Thai: วัตถุประสงค์ (th)

in grammar

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

  Mandarin: 賓語 (zh), 宾语 (zh) (bīnyǔ)

• Czech: předmět (cs) m
• Danish: objekt (da) n, genstandsled n
• Dutch: lijdend voorwerp (nl) n, meewerkend voorwerp (nl) n
• Faroese: ávirki n
• Finnish: objekti (fi)
• French: objet (fr) m
• Galician: obxecto m
• German: Ergänzung (de) f, Satzergänzung f, Objekt (de) n
• Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
• Greenlandic: susaq
• Hebrew: מושא‏‎ (he) m
• Hindi: कर्म (hi) (karma)
• Hungarian: tárgy (hu)
• Icelandic: andlag (is) n, andl. n
• Italian: oggetto (it) m
• Japanese: 目的語 (もくてきご, mokutekigo)
• Kalmyk: немлт (nemlt)
• Khmer: កម្មបទ (km) (kambɑt)

• Korean: 목적어 (ko) (mokjeogeo)
• Latin: objectum
• Macedonian: предмет m (predmet), обје́кт m (objékt)
• Marathi: कर्म (mr) (karma)
• Mongolian: тусагдахуун (mn) (tusagdahuun)
• Norman: objet m
• Norwegian: objekt (no) n
• Persian: مفعول‏‎ (fa) (maf'ul)
• Polish: dopełnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: objeto (pt) m
• Romanian: obiect (ro) n
• Russian: объе́кт (ru) m (obʺjékt), дополне́ние (ru) n (dopolnénije)
• Sanskrit: कर्म (sa) (karma)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuspair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

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

• Sindhi: مفعول‏‎ m
• Spanish: complemento (es) m, objeto (es) m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n
• Telugu: కర్మ (te) (karma)
• Thai: กรรม (th) (gam)
• 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 (zh), 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
• Romanian: obiect (ro) n
• Russian: объе́кт (ru) m (obʺjékt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

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

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

in object-oriented programming

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

  Mandarin: 對象 (zh), 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)
• Macedonian: обје́кт m (objékt)
• Norman: objet m

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

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

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

• Spanish: objeto (es) m
• Swedish: objekt (sv) n
• Thai: อ็อบเจกต์
• 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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} objekto (io)

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} predmet m

See also

• subject

Verb

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

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

• Armenian: առարկել (hy) (aṙarkel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反對 (zh), 反对 (zh) (fǎnduì)

• Czech: namítnout
• Danish: indvende
• Dutch: protesteren (nl), ertegen zijn
• Faroese: mótmæla
• Finnish: vastustaa (fi), väittää vastaan
• French: s'opposer (fr), objecter (fr)
• Georgian: უარყოფა (uarq̇opa), შეპასუხება (šeṗasuxeba), შესიტყვება (šesiṭq̇veba), შეკამათება (šeḳamateba), შედავება (šedaveba)
• German: dagegen sein (de), 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 (prigovara)
• Malagasy: mitohitra, tsy manaiky
• Polish: sprzeciwiać się (pl)
• Portuguese: objetar (pt)
• Quechua: kutipakuy
• Romanian: obiecta (ro), opune (ro)
• Russian: возража́ть (ru) impf (vozražátʹ), возрази́ть (ru) pf (vozrazítʹ)
• Slovak: namietať
• Spanish: objetar (es)
• Swedish: invända (sv), motsätta sig, protestera (sv)
• Thai: คัดค้าน (th) (kát-káan), ค้าน (th) (káan)
• Turkish: karşı çıkmak (tr), itirazı olmak
• Ukrainian: запере́чувати impf (zaperéčuvaty), запере́чити pf (zaperéčyty)
• Vietnamese: phản đối (vi)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔpˈjɛkt/, /ɔˈbjɛkt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ob‧ject

Noun

object n (plural objecten, diminutive objectje n)

1. object, item
2. (grammar) object

Related terms

• objectief
• objectiviteit
• subject