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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)

  1. A thing that has physical existence.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.
  4. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
  5. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.

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)

  1. (intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
  2. (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.
  3. (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

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)

  1. object, item
  2. (grammar) object

Related terms

  • objectief
  • objectiviteit
  • subject

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: objek
  • ? Indonesian: objek

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subitize

English

Alternative forms

  • subitise (British)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?b?ta?z/

Etymology

From Latin subitus (sudden; unexpected) +? -ize, from the feeling of immediately knowing the number of items present.

Verb

subitize (third-person singular simple present subitizes, present participle subitizing, simple past and past participle subitized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them. [from 1949]
    • 2002, Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine, Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 47:
      Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or subitize, and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that subitizing is []
    • 2016, Jennifer Taylor-Cox, Math Intervention P–2: Building Number Power with Formative Assessments, Differentiation, and Games, Grades PreK–2, Routledge (?ISBN), page 52:
      When students subitize, they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching subitizing has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than []

Related terms

  • subitive

Translations

See also

  • French numéron

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