object : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a work of art of some artistic value
  piece; objet d'art.
  
  • this store sells only objets d'art
  • it is not known who created this piece

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• noun something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
  content; subject.
  
  • a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

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• noun the object that receives the direct action of the verb
  direct object.
  

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• noun a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
  estraterrestrial body.
  

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• noun the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
  

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• noun any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
  KBO.
  

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• noun the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  content; cognitive content.
  

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• noun an object occurring naturally; not made by man
  

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• noun the billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ball
  

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• noun the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer
  

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• noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
  objective; object glass; objective lens.
  

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• the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective. See Illust. of Microscope.

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• noun a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
  target language.
  
• noun the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
  target language.
  

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• noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
  objective; object glass; objective lens.
  

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• noun punishment intended as a warning to others
  lesson; example; deterrent example.
  
  • they decided to make an example of him

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• a lesson in which object teaching is made use of.

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• noun the object governed by a preposition
  object of a preposition.
  

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• noun the object that receives the direct action of the verb
  direct object.
  

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• noun a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer
  target program.
  

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• noun the visual perception of familiar objects
  

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• . (Leveling) Same as Leveling staff.

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• a method of instruction, in which illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; used especially in the kindergarten, for young children.

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• noun a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
  

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• noun a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database
  

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• noun creating a program that can use and support objects
  object-oriented programing.
  

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• noun (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure
  object-oriented programing language.
  
  • C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C

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• noun creating a program that can use and support objects
  object-oriented programing.
  

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• noun (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure
  object-oriented programing language.
  
  • C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C

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• noun a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
  object.
  
  • it was full of rackets, balls and other objects

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• noun the object governed by a preposition
  object of a preposition.
  

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• noun an object in a passive construction
  

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• noun any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
  

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• (Optics), an object which tests the power or quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a certain degree of excellence in the instrument to determine its existence or its peculiar texture or markings.

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• an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

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• noun an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
  flying saucer; UFO.
  

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