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    ob·ject
    noun[ˈäbjək(t)]
    object (noun) · objects (plural noun)
    1. a material thing that can be seen and touched:
      "he was dragging a large object" · "small objects such as shells"
      Opposite:
      abstract idea
      • philosophy
        a thing external to the thinking mind or subject.
    2. a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed:
      "disease became the object of investigation"
    3. grammar
      a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition:
      "in Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object"
    4. computing
      a data construct that provides a description of something that may be used by a computer (such as a processor, a peripheral, a document, or a data set) and defines its status, its method of operation, and how it interacts with other objects:
      "the interface treats most items, including cells, graphs, and buttons, as objects"
    verb[əbˈjek(t)]
    object (verb) · objects (third person present) · objected (past tense) · objected (past participle) · objecting (present participle)
    1. say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something:
      "residents object to the volume of traffic" · "the boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully"
      Similar:
      protest (against)
      lodge a protest (against)
      raise/express objections (to)
      express disapproval (of)
      express disagreement (with)
      be in opposition (to)
      take a stand against
      argue (against)
      remonstrate (against)
      make a fuss (about)
      quarrel with
      disapprove (of)
      draw the line (at)
      complain (about)
      moan (about)
      grumble (about)
      grouse (about)
      cavil (at)
      quibble (about)
      • archaic
        adduce as a reason against something:
        "Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare.
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    The other four are subject, verb, adjunct and complement. … A direct object shows who or what the action of the verb affects: … An indirect object is usually a person or an animal. The indirect object (underlined) receives or is affected by the direct object (in bold).
    Grammatical objects are nouns or pronouns that complete the meaning of verbs and prepositions. Additionally, almost any group of words that functions as a noun can be an object, such as noun phrases, noun clauses, gerunds, and infinitives.
    An object is basically a block of memory that has been allocated and configured according to the blueprint. A program may create many objects of the same class. Objects are also called instances, and they can be stored in either a named variable or in an array or collection.
    Objects are basically an encapsulation of data variables and methods acting on that data into a single entity.
  3. The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary defines an object as “a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb (called the direct object), or that the action is done to or for (called the indirect object)”.
    What Is an Object? (with Examples) In grammar, an object is a noun or a pronoun that is acted upon by a verb or a preposition.
    www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/object.htm
    a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, or person: a solid / material / physical object a collection of precious objects
    dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/object

    anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.

    www.dictionary.com/browse/object

    An object is an abstract data type with the addition of polymorphism and inheritance . Rather than structure programs as code and data, an object-oriented system integrates the two using the concept of an "object". An object has state (data) and behavior (code). Objects can correspond to things found in the real world.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_(computer_science)