object (EN)

noun, verb

noun “object”

1. a thing that can be seen and touched but is not alive
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   She picked up a small object lying on the ground.
2. a goal or purpose
   His main object was to win the championship.
3. a person or thing toward which a feeling or action is directed
   She became the object of everyone's attention.
4. (grammar) the person or thing that receives the action of a verb
   In "They built a house," "a house" is the object.
5. an instance of a class in object-oriented programming
   The software stores each user as an object in the database.
6. an abstract mathematical entity in category theory, related by morphisms
   In category theory, objects are connected by arrows.

verb “object”

1. to express disagreement or opposition
   The neighbors objected to the noise coming from the party.