1. Chose. Un objet inanimé.
2. Sujet. Faire l'objet d'une étude.
3. But. Il a le savoir pour objet.
ETYM French, from Latin articulus, dim. of artus joint.
1. (Grammar) A determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase.
2. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will); SYN. clause.
3. Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.
4. One of a class of artifacts.
ETYM From Item.
1. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; SYN. point.
2. An individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection.
ETYM Latin objectus. Related to Object.
In grammar, the recipient of the action of the verb in a sentence. The object can be a noun, a pronoun, a noun phrase, or a noun clause. Transitive verbs take a direct object and with some verbs there may also be an indirect object.
1. A grammatical constituent that is acted upon.
2. A physical (tangible and visible) entity; SYN. physical object.
3. The focus of cognitions or feelings.
1. An object of any sort
2. An entity that is not named specifically
3. An action
4. An event:
5. A special situation
6. A statement regarded as an object; orr />
7. A special objective:
8. A special abstraction
9. Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence:
10. A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion:
Assembly of freemen in the Norse lands (Scandinavia) during the medieval period. It could encompass a meeting of the whole nation (Althing) or of a small town or community (Husthing).