object

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. the reason for doing something or the goal you want to reach.

n. the goal, end, or purpose of a specific action or effort.

“The object of the game is to collect as many points as possible.”

“The primary object of the new legislation is to reduce carbon emissions without harming the local manufacturing industry.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Science Technical

n. the noun or pronoun in a sentence that receives the action of a verb.

n. the noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.

“In the sentence 'I love pizza', the word 'pizza' is the object.”

“Students often struggle to distinguish between the direct object and the indirect object when learning complex sentence structures.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Formal

n. a person or thing that someone directs a strong feeling toward.

n. a person or thing toward which a specific emotion or thought is directed.

“He became an object of pity after he lost his job and his house.”

“The mysterious stranger soon became the object of intense curiosity among the villagers, who rarely saw newcomers in their small town.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a piece of data in a computer program that has its own properties.

n. an instantiation of a class or structure within object-oriented programming.

“The programmer created a new object to represent the user's profile.”

“In object-oriented design, each object encapsulates both data and the methods that operate on that data.”