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object
English
Etymology
From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obici? (“I throw against”), from ob- (“against”) +? iaci? (“I throw”), as a gloss of Ancient Greek ???????????? (antikeímenon).
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (UK) enPR: ?b'j?kt, IPA(key): /??b.d???kt/
- (US) enPR: ?b'j?kt, IPA(key): /??b.d???kt/
- (verb)
- (UK, US) enPR: ?b-j?kt', IPA(key): /?b?d???kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
object (plural objects)
- A thing that has physical existence.
- Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
- 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.
- 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures
- (grammar) 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.
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
- (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
- (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia
- He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia
Synonyms
- (thing): article, item, thing
- (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed): target
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- subject
References
- object on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
object (third-person singular simple present objects, present participle objecting, simple past and past participle objected)
- (intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
- (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- There are others who will object the poverty of the nation.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
- early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem.
- Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.
- c. 1678, Richard Hooker, a sermon
- some strong impediment or other objecting itself
- early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem.
Derived terms
- objection
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French object, from Latin obiectum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?j?kt/, /??bj?kt/
- Hyphenation: ob?ject
Noun
object n (plural objecten, diminutive objectje n)
- object, item
- (grammar) object
Related terms
- objectief
- objectiviteit
- subject
Descendants
- Afrikaans: objek
- ? Indonesian: objek
object From the web:
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stimulus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?st?m.j?.l?s/
Noun
stimulus (plural stimuluses or stimuli)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Any external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon.
- an economic stimulus
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Anything that induces a person to take action.
Synonyms
- (anything that may have an impact or influence): influence
- (anything that induces a person to take action): impetus, impulse, spur
Translations
Esperanto
Verb
stimulus
- conditional of stimuli
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti.my.lys/
Noun
stimulus m (plural stimulus or stimuli)
- stimulus
Further reading
- “stimulus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (stíz?, “I mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?s?t??m????s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?st?i?mulus]
Noun
stimulus m (genitive stimul?); second declension
- a goad, prick
- a sting
- (figuratively) stimulus, incentive
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- stimul?ti?
- stimul?
Descendants
References
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stimulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stimulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- stimulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli, definite plural stimuliene)
- a stimulus
Related terms
- stimulere
References
- “stimulus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli or stimulusar, definite plural stimuliane or stimulusane)
- a stimulus
References
- “stimulus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
stimulus From the web:
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- what stimulus check
- what stimulus bill passed
- what stimulus package
- what stimulus package passed today
- what stimulus causes the release of renin
- what stimulus mean
- what stimulus package is next
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