object

object: ▪ I. object ob‧ject ² [ˈɒbdʒekt ǁ ˈɑːb-] noun [countable]

1. a solid thing, especially something you can hold or touch:

• The firms sell products ranging from art objects to vintage cars.

2. the intended result of a plan, action, activity, or document; = AIM; OBJECTIVE:

• Our object is to keep costs down.

object of

• The object of a contract of sale is to transfer the property from the seller to the buyer.

• Applying for extra amounts in loans defeats the object (= does not have the intended result ) , because the students then get themselves further into debt.

3. objects [plural] COMMERCE the things that a company has been formed to do and the types of goods or services that it has been formed to deal in:

• The objects of a business dictate what sort of organisation structure it needs.

4. money/expense is no object used to say that you do not care how much money is spent on something:

• It would appear that money is no object for the people behind this offer.

5. COMPUTING a combination of data (= written information) and instructions acting on the data, for example in the form of a document or a picture:

• multimedia data objects

[m0] ▪ II. object ob‧ject ¹ [əbˈdʒekt] verb [intransitive]

to complain or protest about something, or to feel that you oppose it or disapprove of it:

• The mayor considered contracting out garbage collection, but the unions objected.

object to

• The banks objected to the proposal fiercely.

— objection noun [countable, uncountable] :

• The creditors raised no objection to the deadline extension.

— objector noun [countable] :

• There are few objectors to the proposal amongst private investors.

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Ⅰ.

object UK US /ˈɒbdʒɪkt/ noun [C]

► a thing that you can see and hold: »He seeks ingenious design solutions for everyday objects such as telephones and cutlery.

► something you are planning to do or the result you hope to achieve: »Their object is to produce something that will be able to compete with the market leader.
»The object of the exercise is to improve your interpersonal skills.

► IT a piece of data and the instructions that a computer or a computer specialist needs to work with the data and use it with other software to build programs

● objects — Cf. objects

● defeat the object — Cf. defeat the object

● money is no object — Cf. money is no object

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object UK US /əbˈdʒekt/ verb [I]

► to say that you disagree with something or disapprove of it: »His attorneys asked for more time to file pleadings and U.S. prosecutors did not object.
object to sth »If the City does not like the impact on borrowing costs, it can hardly object to the tax reforms.
»Several members of the board strongly objected to the proposed merger.
object that »Some unions object that company profit-sharing schemes merely hold down basic pay.

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Synonyms:

Thing, reality, particular, existence, fact, phenomenon, percept, thing perceived, external reality / Mark, aim, target, butt; goal, end, destination; recipient, correlate, or complement (of a conscious subject) / End, aim, intent, intention, purpose, design, motive, use, view, drift, goal, final cause / Regimen, complement

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Object — may refer to: Object (philosophy), a thing, being or concept Entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses As used in object relations theories of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates. Object (grammar), a… … Wikipedia
Object — Ob ject ([o^]b j[e^]kt), n. [L. objectus. See {Object}, v. t.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
object — ob·ject 1 / äb jikt/ n 1: something toward which thought, feeling, or action is directed see also natural object 2: the purpose or goal of something; esp in the civil law of Louisiana: the purpose for which a contract or obligation is formed… … Law dictionary
Object-Z — is an object oriented extension to the Z notation developed at the University of Queensland, Australia. Object Z extends Z by the addition of language constructs resembling the object oriented paradigm, most notably, classes. Other object… … Wikipedia
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object — [äb′jikt, äbjekt; ] for v. [ əb jekt′, äbjekt′] n. [ME < ML objectum, something thrown in the way < L objectus, a casting before, that which appears, orig. pp. of objicere < ob (see OB ) + jacere, to throw: see JET1] 1. a thing that can… … English World dictionary
Object — Ob*ject ([o^]b*j[e^]kt ), v. t. [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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
object# — object n 1 *thing, article Analogous words: *affair, concern, matter, thing: *form, figure, shape, configuration 2 objective, goal, end, aim, design, purpose, *intention, intent Analogous words: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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