# object

Pronunciation: say "OB-jekt" US /ˈɑbd͡ʒɛkt/, UK /ˈɒbd͡ʒɛkt/

## Noun

1. Something that exists in physical form but is not a living thing.
   - Simple: A thing you can see and touch that is not alive.
   - _The detective examined every object on the desk for fingerprints._
   - _Astronomers tracked a distant object moving slowly across the night sky._
3. A person or thing toward which a feeling, action, or attention is directed.
   - Simple: The person or thing that a feeling or attention is aimed at, as in an object of pity.
   - _The young prince was the object of widespread admiration at court._
   - _Their rival soon became the object of intense jealousy among the staff._
4. In computing, any distinct thing that a program keeps, displays, or handles, for example a file, a picture, or a shape drawn on screen.
   - Simple: Any single thing a computer program keeps, shows, or works with, like a file, a picture, or a shape.
   - _Select each object on the slide, then group them so they move together._
   - _The cloud drive lists every stored object, from spreadsheets to photos, with its size and date._
5. The goal, end, or purpose toward which an effort is directed.
   - Simple: The goal or purpose you are trying to reach.
   - _The object of the negotiations was a lasting ceasefire._
   - _He pursued wealth as though it were the sole object of his life._
7. The noun phrase that completes a verb or preposition, typically naming the receiver of the action in a sentence.
   - Simple: The word or words that complete a verb or preposition, often the person or thing the action is done to.
   - _In the sentence 'Dogs chase cats', the word 'cats' is the object of the verb._
   - _In passive sentences, what was the object becomes the grammatical subject._
6. In programming, a specific instance created from a class or structure.
   - Simple: In computer programming, a single item built from a class, with its own data.
   - _Calling the constructor returns a fully initialized object._
   - _Each object keeps its own copy of the instance variables._
8. In category theory, one of the two kinds of entity making up a category, connected by arrows called morphisms.
   - Simple: In one branch of math, a basic point that arrows connect to others.
   - _Every morphism in a category runs from one object to another._
   - _A functor maps each object of one category to an object of another._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "uhb-JEKT" /əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/

2. To express disagreement with or opposition to something or someone, especially by raising a formal objection in court.
   - Simple: To say that you do not agree with something or someone.
   - _Defense attorneys object whenever a question seems unfair to the witness._
   - _Many residents object strongly to the proposed highway through their town._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "uhb-JEKT" /əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/

9. To put something forward as a criminal charge, accusation, or adverse reason against a person or thing. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To bring something forward as a charge or complaint against someone.
10. To set something before or against another; to bring it into opposition or interpose it as a barrier. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To place or set one thing against another.

## Noun

11. A sight or spectacle; the outward appearance or aspect of something as presented to the eye. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The look or appearance of something as it is seen.

## Origin

Latin iaciō ("I throw") combined with ob- ("against") to form obiciō ("I throw against"). Its perfect passive participle, obiectus, gave Medieval Latin obiectum ("object," literally "thrown against"), which was a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). English took the word from Old French object, which came from the Latin.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/object (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).