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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Object \Ob*ject"\, verb (used without an object) To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; -- usually followed by to; as, she objected to his vulgar language. --Sir. T. More. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Object \Ob"ject\ ([o^]b"j[e^]kt), noun [L. objectus. See {Object}, verb (used with an object)]
1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
2. Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the ''materia circa quam.'' --Sir. W. Hamilton.
The object of their bitterest hatred. --Macaulay.
3. That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.
Object, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French. --Sir. W. Hamilton.
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. --D. Webster.
4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. [Obs.] --Shak.
He, advancing close Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose In glorious object. --Chapman.
5. (Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
6. (Computers) Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; -- the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures. More narrowly, anything defined as an object within an object-oriented programming language. [PJC]
7. (Ontology) Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from {attributes}, {processes}, and {relations}. [PJC]
{Object glass}, the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also {objective} or {objective lens}. See Illust. of {Microscope}.
{Object lesson}, a lesson in which object teaching is made use of.
{Object staff}. (Leveling) Same as {Leveling staff}.
{Object teaching}, a method of instruction, in which illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; -- used especially in the kindergarten, for young children.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Object \Ob*ject"\ ([o^]b*j[e^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Objected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Objecting}.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. [Obs.]
Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. --Fairfax.
Some strong impediment or other objecting itself. --Hooker.
Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and condensed the skies. --Pope.
2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
He gave to him to object his heinous crime. --Spencer.
Others object the poverty of the nation. --Addison.
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered. --Whitgift.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Object \Ob*ject"\, adjective [L. objectus, p. p.] Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
object
noun
1: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" [syn: {physical object}]
2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: {aim}, {objective}, {target}]
3: (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"
4: the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"
verb
1: express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"
2: be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
250 Moby Thesaurus words for "object": IC analysis, affair, agree to disagree, aim, an existence, appositive, article, artifact, attribute, attributive, balk, ban, be against, be at cross-purposes, beef, being, bitch, blackball, body, boggle, boycott, break, break off, bulk, butt, by-end, by-purpose, call in question, categorically reject, challenge, clash, collide, complain, complain loudly, complement, conflict, confront, construction modifier, contend with, contradict, counter, creature, criticize, critter, cry out against, cutting, deep structure, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, deprecate, design, destination, differ, dingus, direct object, disaccord, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discommend, disfavor, dispute, dissent, dissent from, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, duty, end, end in view, entelechy, enter a protest, entity, eppes, etwas, except, exclude, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, fact, filler, final cause, flumadiddle, focus, form-function unit, front, frown, frown at, frown down, frown upon, function, gadget, game, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, goal, grimace at, hickey, holler, hootenanny, hootmalalie, howl, idea, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, individual, intent, intention, interfere with, inveigh against, item, jangle, jar, jib, jigger, jostle, kick, kick against, levels, life, look askance at, look black upon, make a stand, march, mark, mass, material, material thing, matter, meet head-on, mismatch, mismate, modifier, monad, negate, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object in mind, object to, objective, offer resistance, oppose, organism, ostracize, person, persona, personality, phenomenon, phrase structure, picket, plan, predicate, press objections, prey, protest, protest against, purpose, pursuit, qualifier, quarry, quelque chose, quintain, rail, raise a howl, rally, ranks, rant, rave, reality, reason, reason for being, recalcitrate, refuse, reject, reluct, remonstrate, revolt, say no to, scruple, shallow structure, show fight, sit in, slot, slot and filler, something, soul, spurn, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, stickle, storm, strata, strike, strive against, structure, stuff, subject, substance, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, take exception to, tangible, target, teach in, teleology, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, ultimate aim, underlying structure, unit, use, vary, view with disfavor, volume, whatchy, widget, withstand, word arrangement, word order, yell bloody murder
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
object In {object-oriented programming}, a unique instance of a data structure defined according to the template provided by its {class}. Each object has its own values for the variables belonging to its class and can respond to the messages ({method}s) defined by its class.
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