Meaning of object | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
2. Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
3. To put forward in or as a reason for opposition; offer as criticism: They objected that discipline was lacking.
4. objective; goal
5. The part of a sentence that denotes the person or thing affected by the action, usually a noun or substantive.
6. 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.
7. first-person singular present indicative of objetar
8. (often with to) to feel or express dislike or disapproval. He wanted us to travel on foot but I objected (to that). beswaar maak يَعْتَرِض възразявам opor-se namítat, protestovat Einwendungen machen gøre indvendinger προβάλλω αντίρρηση, εναντιώνομαι, αποδοκιμάζωobjetar vastu seisma مخالفت کردن؛ اعتراض کردن vastustaa désapprouver לְהִתנַגֵד आपत्ति व्यक्त करना buniti se, prigovarati ellenez berkeberatan mótmæla obiettare, opporsi 反対する 반대하다 prieštarauti, nesutikti, protestuoti iebilst; protestēt...
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9. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
10. unpleasant. a very objectionable person. aanstootlik مَكْروه، غَيْر مَرْغوب فيه нежелателен desagradável nepříjemný unerwünscht frastødende δυσάρεστος, που προκαλεί δυσαρέσκεια desagradable vastumeelne ناخوشایند vastenmielinen désagréableלא נעים अप्रिय, आपत्तिजनक neugodan, upitan kellemetlen tidak menyenangkan fráhrindandi spiacevole 不愉快な 반대할 만한 nemalonus, atgrasus, nepageidaujamas nepatīkams; nevēlams sangat tdk menyenangkan aanstootgevendforkastelig, frastøtendenieprzyjemny ناخوښه desagradá...
11. A cause for attention or concern.
12. aanstootlike, verwerplike بِصورةٍ مُثيرَةٍ للإعْتِراض أو مَكْروهَه нежелателно desagradavelmente nepříjemně unerwünscht frastødende δυσάρεστα, ενοχλητικά desagradablemente vastumeelselt بطور زننده vastenmielisesti désagréablement בְּאוֹפֶן הַמעוֹרֵר הִתנַגדוּת आपत्तिजनक neugodno, upitno kellemetlenül, kifogásolható módon secara tak menyenangkan á fráhrindandi hátt spiacevolmente 不愉快にも 반대가 나올 듯이 nemaloniai nepatīkami dgn cara yg sangat tdk menyenangkan onaangenaamforkastelig, frastøtende niepr...
13. An instantiation of a class or structure.
14. A specific, individual, material entity, especially one that is not living or not sentient.
15. An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
16. A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action: a product that was so bad it became an object of derision.
17. Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
    obsolete
18. The purpose, aim, or goal of a specific action or effort: the object of the game. See Synonyms at intention.
19. Grammar a. A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives or is affected by the action of a verb within a sentence.
    Grammar
20. Philosophy Something intelligible to or perceptible by the mind.
    Philosophy

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Examples

“Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me.”

“And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized.”

“[…] to secure first-class men you must either hold out a temptation of money, if money is an object to them, or if it is not, then after a certain number of years' service, perhaps, some honour to be bestowed upon them; one or the other, I think, ought to be given to secure the best men that you can.”

“I think, if a captain had plenty of time to spare, and was not going on to any other port, he would prefer going into harbor; but if time were an object with him, and he wished to get away as quickly as possible, he would go to the pier outside.”

“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.”

“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?”

“Money is no object to him.”

“Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another.”

“c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.”

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