object
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
it was full of rackets, balls and other objects
Types & categories
- physical entity
- whole
- location
- good luck charm
- curio
- draw
- film
- hoodoo
- je ne sais quoi
- keepsake
- makeweight
- part
- prop
- snake
- stuff
- trivia
- paring
- catch
- commemorative
- discard
- finding
- floater
- fomite
- geological formation
- growth
- hail
- head
- ice
- ground
- land
- moon
- neighbor
- remains
- ribbon
- shiner
- vagabond
- wall
- web
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
the sole object of her trip was to see her children
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
be averse to or express disapproval of
My wife objects to modern furniture
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
the object of the verb
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the focus of cognitions or feelings
objects of thought
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Sense 7 noun
(computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer
in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | objectify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical entity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | location |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | good luck charm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curio |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | film |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoodoo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | je ne sais quoi |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keepsake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | makeweight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | part |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trivia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commemorative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | discard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fomite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | geological formation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | growth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | land |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neighbor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remains |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ribbon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shiner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vagabond |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | web |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | objection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disapprove |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demur |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take exception |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mind |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remonstrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raise hell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purpose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | target |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | goal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | business |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | grammatical constituent |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prepositional object |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct object |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | indirect object |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | retained object |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | antipathy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bugbear |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | execration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | center of attention |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hallucination |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | infatuation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | love |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | computing |