object
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɑbdʒɛkt/
:
objeto
- Their wrath has found an object in the person of the queen.
- object of desire
- become the object
- object of worship
And now there he was, Mengus, the object of his revenge.
- And now there he was, Mengus, the object of his revenge.
- They too are objects of class analysis.
- Wholeness includes all subjects, all objects, and all modes of knowing.
- ultimately is an object that arises in their consciousness.
- And, you know, being reduced to just a sexual object for anyone is not OK.
- Was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love?
- And so the object of their desire becomes the object of their hate.
- Just be an inert cool girl object with no needs.
- And so then they end up wanting to punish the object of their desire.
- And that confused Stew is often projected on love objects like partners in adulthood.
Examples
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I've never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would be the object of so much genuine affection.
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In the case of the girl, that object of desire is time.
Academic text (2013) -
India wants to be a player in, and not an object of, this global nuclear order.
Academic text (1999) -
Had I driven miles out of my way to be the object of his stupid games?
Fiction book (1991) -
You were kind of, I mean, you were the object of a lot of humor.
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Twice you were the obscure object of desire in my books.
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And now there he was, Mengus, the object of his revenge.
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Nothing is nicer for an old married woman than to find she's still an object of desire.
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She is often the object of admiration from her peers due to her charitable work.
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As the object of their investigation, he was questioned multiple times by the police.
Compounds
A flying object seen in the sky whose origin is not known and often thought to be from space
- Specialized
1
4.9
A way to write programs that keeps data and the actions that use it together to organize and reuse code
- Informal
1
7.4
A new, flashy thing that attracts attention but has little real use
1
3.9
A word or group of words that names people and things and receives the action of a verb
- Specialized
1
4.4
The way the eyes and brain see and tell what objects are, like a cup or car
- Jargon
A habit of being easily distracted and leaving tasks for new ideas
A person or thing that gets the benefit of an action, often with a direct object
- Specialized
A language that a translator or program creates from another language
- Specialized
The curved piece of glass in a microscope or telescope nearest the object that makes the first image
- Specialized
A noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition to complete its meaning
- Specialized
A database that keeps data and the programs that use it together, good for storing images and videos
- Specialized
A database that stores data as items that behave like parts of a program
- Specialized
A computer language that uses objects and classes to organize code
- Specialized
A thing that stays in a passive sentence, usually the thing the action happens to
How Central
262
5.1
- Informal
29
3.2
794
3.5
117
3.5
300
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Object comes from Latin parts ob- ('towards') and jacere ('to throw'), so it once meant a 'thing put before' someone, like a target for feelings or attention. That's why object can mean the person or thing that is the focus of an action or feeling.