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Definition of "object" []

  • Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing. (noun)
  • A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action: an object of contempt. (noun)
  • The purpose, aim, or goal of a specific action or effort: the object of the game. (noun)
  • Grammar A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that receives or is affected by the action of a verb within a sentence. (noun)
  • Grammar A noun or substantive governed by a preposition. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "object" in a sentence
  • "_Book_, naming the thing acted upon, they call the _direct_ object; and _me_, naming the person toward whom the act is directed, they call the +indirect+, or _dative_, +object+."
  • "By the latter process they put _themselves_ on the outside of an object -- in fact, they surround it; by the former, they put the _object_ outside by allowing it to escape through their bodies."
  • "She suspects the object of his visit; more than that, she knows it: _she is herself its object_."