n.
/
ˈɒbdʒɪkt,
-dʒɛkt/
- a material thing that can be seen and touched.
▸Philosophy a thing external to the thinking mind or subject.
- a person or thing to which an action or feeling is directed:
she was the object of attention.
- a goal or purpose.
- Grammar a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition.
- Computing a package of information containing both data and a description of its manipulation, that can perform specific tasks
v.
/
əbˈdʒɛkt/
express disapproval or opposition.
Phrase
Derivative
- objectless adj.
- objector n.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’, neut. past part. of L. obicere, from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’.