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object British & World English

a material thing that can be seen and touched

no object in object British & World English

not influencing or restricting choices or decisions

object ball British & World English

the ball at which a player aims the cue ball

object code British & World English

code produced by a compiler or assembler

sex object British & World English

a person regarded by another only in terms of their sexual attractiveness or availability

direct object British & World English

a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jeremy fed the dog

object choice British & World English

a person or thing external to the ego chosen as a focus of desire or sexual activity

object glass British & World English

old-fashioned term for objective3noun3noun3noun.

object lesson British & World English

a striking practical example of a principle or ideal

object world British & World English

the world external to the self, apprehended through the objects in it

cognate object British & World English

a direct object that has the same linguistic derivation as the verb which governs it, as in ‘sing a song’

indirect object British & World English

a noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g. him in give him the book)

object language British & World English

a language described by means of another language

object-oriented British & World English

(of a programming language) using a methodology which enables a system to be modelled as a set of objects which can be controlled and manipulated in a modular manner

object program British & World English

a program into which another program is translated by an assembler or compiler

BL Lac object British & World English

a type of remote elliptical galaxy with a very compact starlike nucleus, remarkable for its considerable short-term variations in brightness and radio emissions

object relations British & World English

a theory describing the relationship felt or the emotional energy directed by the self or ego toward a chosen object

prepositional object British & World English

a noun phrase governed by a preposition

digital object identifier (abbreviation: DOI) British & World English

a unique and persistent string of characters used to identify a journal article, website, or other item of intellectual property, typically one in digital form

ridicule British & World English

the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour

article or object of virtu in virtu (also vertu) British & World English

an article that is interesting because of its antiquity, beauty, quality of workmanship, etc.

object English-French

objet m

object English-German

Gegenstand

object1 English-Italian

oggetto m

object2 English-Spanish

I object!

sex object English-Italian

oggetto m sessuale

direct object English-German

direktes Objekt

direct object English-Italian

complemento m oggetto

indirect object English-German

indirektes Objekt

object to sb./sth. in object English-German

etwas gegen jmdn./etw. haben

money is no object in object1 English-Italian

i soldi non sono un problema

that defeats the object in defeat English-Italian

questo fa fallire l'obiettivo

I object to their behaviour in object English-French

je trouve leur comportement inadmissible