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Teaching method
Look up object lesson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An object lesson is a teaching method that consists of using a physical object or visual aid
Object_lesson
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up object lessons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Object Lessons may refer to: Object Lessons (book series), an essay and book series about the
Object_Lessons
1991 novel by Anna Quindlen
Object Lessons (ISBN 9780394569659) is the first novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist Anna Quindlen. First published in 1991, the book
Object_Lessons_(novel)
1958 picture book by Edward Gorey
The Object-Lesson (1958) is a picture book by Edward Gorey. A work of surrealist art and literature, it is typical of Gorey's avant-garde style of storytelling
The_Object-Lesson
British politician (born 1991)
The Guardian called her speech "endearingly down to earth" and "an object lesson in grace". The by-election result was considered significant because
Hannah_Spencer
Series of books and essays
Object Lessons is "an essay and book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things". Each of the essays (2,000 words) and the books (25,000 words) investigate
Object_Lessons_(book_series)
Planned library in Chicago, Illinois
cost of transportation improvements, and stated that the plan is an "object-lesson in the mistakes of the past". A counter-letter in support of the Obama
Barack Obama Presidential Center
Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center
2021 film directed by Martin Prakkat
of 7.5/10. Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote, "Nayattu is an object lesson on how to take a thriller template and subvert it, leaving the audience
Nayattu_(2021_film)
American influencer and comedian (born 1999)
explodes — got cut short by Shane's need to scream over them. It was an object lesson in the fact that, for all it gets denigrated, red-carpet reporting is
Jake_Shane
Philosophical and Historical Theory
categories: the Holocaust as a "Zionist Proof-text; Wasting Asset; Object Lesson for safeguarding human rights; and Template for Jewish life". He argues
Lessons_of_the_Holocaust
2022 novel by Vincenzo Latronico
Thomas (February 8, 2025). "Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – an object lesson in hollow hipsterism". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Marshall, Alex
Perfection_(novel)
Erotic roleplay related to BDSM
from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017. "Object Lesson: Did Aristotle Really Humiliate Himself for Phyllis?". The National
Animal_roleplay
City in Mississippi, United States
the town. From the platform, he proclaimed that he was witnessing “an object lesson full of hope for the colored people and therefore full of hope for the
Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi
1886 American political cartoon
into the 20th following the red scare. In John Francis Knott's The Object Lesson, Uncle Sam stands at the exit of an immigration processing center and
Uncle_Sam_Kicks_Out_Chinaman
American writer and illustrator (1925–2000)
humor and cartoon sections of major bookstores, but books such as The Object Lesson have earned serious critical respect as works of surrealist art. His
Edward_Gorey
1997 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling
like bullying. The Harry Potter series has been used as a source of object lessons in educational techniques, sociological analysis, and marketing. Harry
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone
1960s anatomic chair design
Antonelli (Museum of Modern Art | MOMA), Sacco Chair | Object Lesson Ingrid Halland, The unstable object: Glifo, Blow, Sacco at MoMA, 1972, Journal of Design
Bean_bag_chair
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1873–1937)
Butler described Daly as "the fightingest Marine I ever knew...It was an object lesson to have served with him." General John A. Lejeune called Daly "the outstanding
Daniel_Daly
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
@TwoPaddocks (31 October 2020). "Every day on set with #SeanConnery was an object lesson in how to act on screen. But all that charisma and power – that was
Sean_Connery
Aesop's fable
numbered 346 in the Perry Index. It has been popular since antiquity as an object lesson of how freedom should not be exchanged for comfort or financial gain
The_Dog_and_the_Wolf
2011 American film
film 1.5 out of 4 stars stating that Straw Dogs "almost succeeds as an object lesson in the difference between being a man and being a macho animal. But
Straw_Dogs_(2011_film)
American yogi and businessman (1892–1955)
attained union with God through meditation. SRF presented him as an object lesson in the benefits of its teachings, and it represented his relationship
Rajarsi_Janakananda
English Catholic martyr (died 1537)
supporters of the Pilgrimage.... Lady Bulmer's execution ... was an object-lesson to husbands ... to teach them to distrust their wives." The court records
Margaret_Cheyne
Basic word order type
DEF-lesson PST-read-3SG DEF-teacher Object Verb Subject The teacher read the lesson VSO form: الدرس ad-darsa DEF-lesson Object المعلم al-muʿallimu DEF-teacher
Verb–object–subject word order
Verb–object–subject_word_order
2019 novel by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
actually—about conflict, love, and resistance", and treats the time war as "an object lesson, a conceit, the unending and reason-less conflict that consumes generations
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War
American animated television series
performed vocal talents on the character. His shows always contained an object lesson for the viewers. The gang would watch the program at the beginning of
Fat_Albert_and_the_Cosby_Kids
1948 painting by Jackson Pollock
CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac) owns the painting and uses it as an object lesson for the protagonist Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), noting that No.
No._5,_1948
Roman general and statesman (115–53 BC)
along Rome's principal route to the south. This was intended as an object lesson to anyone especially slaves who might think of rebelling against Roman
Marcus_Licinius_Crassus
Programming paradigm based on objects
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on objects – software entities that encapsulate data and function(s).[clarification needed]
Object-oriented_programming
British lawyer and radical feminist
Telegraph. 21 May 2015. White, Alan (16 September 2013). "Yarl's Wood: An object lesson in how evil happens". New Statesman. Harriet represented a woman with
Harriet_Wistrich
p. 24 Christ’s Object Lessons to Provide Funds for Schools. part of letter 143, 1902 to Sister Mary M. E. Cady. Christ's Object Lesson at Healdsburg.
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
History_of_the_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church
French Resistance hero (1899–1943)
the torture sessions, Barbie ordered that Moulin be displayed as an object lesson to other imprisoned members of the Resistance. The last time he was
Jean_Moulin
American politician
Retrieved October 2, 2022. "Scranton Mayor-Elect Paige Cognetti offers an object lesson for Philly politics". The Philadelphia Citizen. November 15, 2019. Retrieved
Paige_Cognetti
and Bible Hygiene CTBH 1890 162 Good Health Publishing Co. Christ's Object Lessons COL 1900 421 Review and Herald Publishing Association Colporteur Evangelist
Ellen_G._White_bibliography
Pejorative term
Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Weaver, Heather A. (2012). "Object lessons: a cultural genealogy of the dunce cap and the apple as visual tropes
Dunce
American computer scientist
presentation The rise and fall of High Performance Fortran: an historical object lesson, in which Kennedy discussed the general failure of the High Performance
Ken Kennedy (computer scientist)
Ken_Kennedy_(computer_scientist)
BBC Radio 4-British Museum collaboration
The objects of my affection". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Dominic Sandbrook (11 October 2010). "An object lesson in
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A_History_of_the_World_in_100_Objects
Period of economic stagnation in Japan
2020. Tabuchi, Hiroko (22 February 2009). "When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2010. "世帯所得、昭和に逆戻り…10年平均538万円"
Lost_Decades
from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2019. "An object lesson in the perils of hindsight". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. 2 October
List_of_VFL/AFL_premiers
16th episode of the 3rd season of The Twilight Zone
was nothing in the dark that wasn't there when the lights were on. Object lesson for the more frightened amongst us in or out, of the Twilight Zone.
Nothing_in_the_Dark
Office park in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, headquarters of Domino's Pizza
Detroit News. p. 5C – via NewsBank. Thomas, Jack (March 21, 2025). "Object Lesson: That ZigZag Tower at Domino's Farms". Hour Detroit Magazine. Retrieved
Domino's_Farms
1990 studio album by Pixies
calculated incongruity," and commented that "they give other rockers an object lesson in the first principles of how it should be done." Terry Staunton of
Bossanova_(Pixies_album)
Medieval tale of a woman making a fool of an aged philosopher
Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2018. "Object Lesson: Did Aristotle Really Humiliate Himself for Phyllis?". The National
Phyllis_and_Aristotle
Venezuelan-born independent scholar
in 1994 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. She writes the column "Object Lesson" for the publication Cabinet. "Celeste Olalquiaga". Iniva. Archived
Celeste_Olalquiaga
2003 film by Billy Ray
entertaining, rewards his notoriety, and then resurrects him again as a moral object lesson?" Sarsgaard's performance as Charles Lane was singled out by several
Shattered_Glass_(film)
Failed suspension bridge in Washington, US
the span. The bridge's spectacular destruction is often used as an object lesson in the necessity to consider both aerodynamics and resonance effects
Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)
Mythical creature in Gullah Geechee folklore
legend has become known on a wider scale. The legend has been used as an object lesson in stranger danger. The legend has also been the subject of song and
Boo_hag
Court building in London, England
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner has described the building as "an object lesson in free composition, with none of the symmetry of the classics, yet
Royal_Courts_of_Justice
1995 studio album by Swans
his victims due to loneliness. Dom Lawson described the song as "an object lesson in sonic unease", and, alongside "Celebrity Lifestyle", one of the band's
The_Great_Annihilator
Roman emperor from AD 37 to 41
Barrett speculates that Caligula may have intended the whole event as an object lesson on how completely he was in charge: it may also provide "the most striking
Caligula
Church in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembrokeshire volume of the Buildings of Wales Pevsner, describe it as "an object lesson in High Victorian geometry and minimal extraneous detail". It is built
Church_of_St_Dogfael,_Meline
American documentary film series
promulgated, though he praised its effectiveness: The film is an interesting object lesson on how conspiracy theories get to be so popular ... It's a driven, if
Zeitgeist_(film_series)
1992 studio album by L7
review for Playboy, Robert Christgau regarded Bricks Are Heavy as an "object lesson in how to advance your music by meeting the marketplace halfway", although
Bricks_Are_Heavy
Event occurring every two years
des Kapitals, 2005. "In Guatemala, the Bienal de Arte Paiz Offers an Object Lesson in Community-Based Art Done Right". artnet News. September 7, 2018.
Biennale
Anatolian mother goddess
description of the goddess and her acolytes in Rome, her priests provide an object lesson in the self-destruction wrought when passion and devotion exceed rational
Cybele
2018 film
Balek urges Rallah to kill Samson, but Rallah wants to use him as an object lesson to their enemies. In their shouting match, Rallah kills Balek and seizes
Samson_(2018_film)
American novelist (1908–1994)
Pennsylvania. "Literature is Saved", The New Yorker, November 26, 1938, p. 51 "Object Lesson", The New Yorker, November 8, 1941, p. 86 "Month of August, ’43", The
Merriam_Modell
Hypothetical rebuilt Jewish holy temple in Jerusalem
was not eliminated with Jesus' sacrifice for sin, but is a ceremonial object lesson for confession and forgiveness (somewhat like water baptism and Communion
Third_Temple
1987 Australian film
David Stratton later wrote that: The story of The Time Guardian is an object lesson in how the deal-driven 10BA Films could be white-anted by the non-creative
The_Time_Guardian
Mammals of the family Leporidae
February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2018. Ippo, Mori (30 January 2021). "Object Lesson: Rabbit Pounding the Elixir of Life Under the Moon". New Orleans Museum
Rabbit
British comedy TV series
opined that Hat Trick should have "know[n] better than to produce an object lesson in how not to entertain the youth market". Another review, from The
Boyz_Unlimited
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
striking dockworkers was a public relations disaster and became an object lesson for the Thatcher government of the 1980s. Thatcher relied instead on
Edward_Heath
Aesop's fable
each other. As he nears death, he calls them to him and gives them an object lesson in the need for unity. Having bound a bundle of sticks together (or
The_Old_Man_and_his_Sons
8th-century battle during the An Lushan rebellion
concern, his "transgressions ... provided a particularly clear-cut object lesson in the proper prioritization of values". Tales of the heroism of the
Siege_of_Suiyang
Coup to depose Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh
be proved worthwhile if lessons are learned from it: Underdeveloped countries with rich resources now have an object lesson in the heavy cost that must
1953_Iranian_coup_d'état
Japanese textile designer
More: Junichi Arai, Innovative Textile Designer". The New York Times. "Object Lesson: Junichi Arai". New Orleans Museum of Art. November 16, 2021. "The future
Junichi_Arai
American actress and singer (1922–1969)
commitment to her songs" and that "her career is sometimes viewed more as an object lesson in Hollywood excess than as the remarkable string of multimedia accomplishments
Judy_Garland
Mountain at the convergence of the U.S. states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
"tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor
Tri-State_Peak
American actress, television personality and producer (1927–2010)
wrote in 1951 that "the presentation of Mike and Buff constituted an object lesson in how television can be eminently educational without being self-conscious
Buff_Cobb
Australian-American film director
controversial and iconoclastic performance artist Ron Athey, and co-directed Object Lessons (1999) along with Catherine Lord, which uses the creation of a gallery
Catherine_Gund
Collection of essays by Louise Brooks
not teach us much about the cinema, but it provides a gloomy little object lesson in sexual morals: Don't let your daughter on the stage.". One other
Lulu_in_Hollywood
2024 jazz album by Pat Metheny
2025. Collette, Doug (July 25, 2024). "Pat Metheny's 'Moondial' Is Object Lesson In Guitarist's Fascination With Possibility (ALBUM REVIEW)". Glide Magazine
MoonDial
1971 live album by Johnny Winter And
'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' is Derringer's showcase. He makes it an object lesson in pacing and excitement, tightening and weaving these time-tested oldies
Live_Johnny_Winter_And
American businessman
Brady of the Jet set. He was cold, arrogant, sure of himself. Another object lesson on what money and power can do to a human being." The Famous Beverly
Diamond_Jim_Brady
King of the English from 939 to 946
neighbourhood, are clearly evident." Wormald describes the codes as "an object-lesson in the variety of Anglo-Saxon legal texts", but he sees what they have
Edmund_I
1693 book by John Locke
relying on Locke's theories, developed the concept of the "object lesson". These lessons focused pupils' attention on a particular thing and encouraged
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Some_Thoughts_Concerning_Education
2026 South Korean television series
Teach You a Lesson (Korean: 참교육) is a 2026 South Korean action school drama television series written by Lee Nam-kyu [ko], and Kim Da-hee, Moon Jong-ho
Teach_You_a_Lesson
American actress and writer
20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Stuckey-French, Ned (May 24, 2014). "Object Lesson: Dinah Lenney and the Essayist's Dilemma". Los Angeles Review of Books
Dinah_Lenney
2026 studio album by Ben Wendel
album, then, making great use of the talents of all involved, and an object lesson in thoughtful use of decidedly non-routine resources to create music
Barcode_(album)
Scottish Esperantist (1875–1960)
died in 1960, aged 84, at a nursing home in Edinburgh. "Notes for an Object Lesson" (1915, The Esperanto Monthly) 1881, 1891, and 1901 Scotland Censuses
Jane_Baird
American magnet materials company
POLITICO. Freeman, Charles W. III (2009). "Remember the Magnequench: An Object Lesson in Globalization" (PDF). The Washington Quarterly. 32 (1): 61–76. Retrieved
Magnequench
1990 studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen
received good reviews, with Melody Maker describing the band as "an object lesson in how to survive and prosper". However, the reviews of the album were
Reverberation_(album)
2011 documentary
Japan, New Zealand and the USA. The Metro described the film as "...an object lesson in objective filmmaking". My Brother the Islamist was nominated for
My_Brother_the_Islamist
American photographer (born 1961)
Richard B. Woodward, Center for American Places, 2006 ISBN 1930066465 Object Lesson: The Legacy of Richard Benson Aperture, 2022 American Geography, Curator
Justin_Kimball_(photographer)
American writer (1934–2018)
that the latter writer had developed. The thought of such a whimsical object lesson being related to such lights as Doc Savage, The Shadow, Tarzan, and
Harlan_Ellison
Video game console add-on
idea into an embarrassing footnote in console history, as well as an object lesson in why console makers shouldn't split their user base with pricey add-ons
32X
1889 novel by Mark Twain
and critic William Dean Howells called it Twain's best work and "an object-lesson in democracy". The work was met with some indignation in Great Britain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court
Autobiography of Akio Morita
Decision Makers, concluding that "the whole of (Morita's) career is an object lesson in making decisions that... have the future built in." Sheridan Tatsuno's
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony
Made_in_Japan:_Akio_Morita_and_Sony
English football manager and player (born 1947)
football. Every moment of the match was theorised, and placed as an object-lesson for training-teaching, and was looked at in a totality." In an article
Roy_Hodgson
Book by Idries Shah
Comparative Religion stated "The Book of the Book, which purports to be an object lesson in the problem of the container and the content, consists of some fifteen
The_Book_of_the_Book
1884–85 Mahdist siege in Sudan
Herman, Gerald. "For God and Country: Khartoum (1966) as History and as 'Object Lesson' for Global Policemen." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Siege_of_Khartoum
American painter
Retrieved March 11, 2017. Miranda, Carolina A. (11 October 2017). "Object Lesson: What Elsa Flores' painting of Carlos Almaraz reveals about a marriage
Elsa_Flores
2020 British film
review from Jennie Kermode on Eye for Film, who said "Dune Drifter is an object lesson for all low budget filmmakers. The plot may be simple, the effects work
Dune_Drifter
American artist (born 1950)
ISBN 1-4169-1408-0 Liu, Ed (20 April 2008). ""Edgar & Ellen" Panel Delivers Object Lesson in Proper Pranking". ToonZone.net. Retrieved 5 August 2011.{{cite web}}:
Rick_Carton
1985 studio album by Artists United Against Apartheid
of indistinct South African voices over Keith LeBlanc humdrum is an object lesson in political correctness that might have made a collectible B, and Bono's
Sun_City_(album)
French poet and playwright
addressed to Gringoire. The story within the letter is written as an object lesson intended to convince Gringoire to accept the post of journalist for
Pierre_Gringore
Tool for smoothing cloth using heat and pressure
2022-10-30. "Goffering Irons, Victorian, Original | Object Lessons - Houses & Homes: Victorians". Object Lessons. Retrieved 2014-06-04. "Crimping, fluting, goffering
Clothes_iron
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
"History Lesson" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949 in the magazine Startling Stories. The two-part
History_Lesson
Ceiling light fixture
1912, p. 7–9. Davidson, Benjamin; Biddle, Pippa (1 January 2024). "Object lesson: Lights from the Dark Ages: The Lüsterweibchen". The Magazine Antiques
Chandelier
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane
elsewhere. Many Galveston residents took the destruction of Indianola as an object lesson on the threat posed by hurricanes. Galveston is built on a low, flat
1900_Galveston_hurricane
OBJECT LESSON
OBJECT LESSON
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
Arabic
Desire; Object
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Object in the Sky; Cloud; Moon
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rarity, Rare object, Novelty
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Holy Object
Boy/Male
Muslim
Desire. Object.
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Pointed object.
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Indian, Sanskrit
Companion; Friend; An Object of Enjoyment; A Pleasing Object; A Gift
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi, Telugu
Prowess; Will; Purpose; Wish; Desire; Object
Boy/Male
Indian
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
God; Object of Worship
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Rarity; Rare Object; Novelty
Boy/Male
Indian
Intended, Aimed at, Object, Proposed
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic
Pointed Object
Boy/Male
Tamil
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German
Wealthy and Bright
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
A Discovered Object
Boy/Male
Tamil
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu
Object in the Sky cloud, Moon
OBJECT LESSON
OBJECT LESSON
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Girl/Female
Tamil
Wise, Learned
Girl/Female
Spanish
Holy.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Hindu, Indian
Supreme
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Knot
Girl/Female
Spanish
Warring.
Boy/Male
British, English
Weaver
Boy/Male
Arabic
Noble; Calm
Girl/Female
Tamil
Religious women, Courteous, Polite
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English American
ancient hereditary title used by Ethiopian queens.
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imp. & p. p.
of Object
a.
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
object.
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.
v. t.
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
v. t.
To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
n.
Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
v. t.
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
n.
One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
v. t.
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
v. i.
To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
v. t.
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
a.
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
a.
Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
a.
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.
object.
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
v. t.
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
v. t.
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
v. t.
That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.
a.
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
v. t.
That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause.