Object may refer to:
- Object (philosophy), a thing, being or concept
- Entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses
- As used in object relations theory of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates
- Object (grammar), a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object
- Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place
- Object (mathematics), an abstract object arising in mathematics
- Group object, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets
- Goal, an aim, target or objective
- Physical body or object, in physics, a collection of masses
- Object, an entity treated by mathematical category theory
- 3D model, a representation of a physical object
- Object (National Register of Historic Places), a classification used by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- Объект (object); Russian GABTU military vehicle designations
In computing:
- Object (computer science), a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data
- Object-oriented programming (OOP), in which an object is an instance of a class or array
- Object file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code")
- Object (Information Processing), an information source for an information processor
- HTML object element
In popular culture:
- Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), a sculpture by Méret Oppenheim
- Object, a song by The Cure on their 1979 album Three Imaginary Boys
- Objects from the 2006 television series The Lost Room
- "Object", a song by Ween from La Cucaracha
Famous quotes containing the word object:
“Let’s call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if that is not the case. Of course we don’t require that the objects exist in all possible worlds.... When we think of a property as essential to an object we usually mean that it is true of that object in any case where it would have existed. A rigid designator of a necessary existent can be called strongly rigid.”
—Saul Kripke (b. 1940)
“Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannnot endure it.... Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“I felt more determined than ever to become a physician, and thus place a strong barrier between me and all ordinary marriage. I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.”
—Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910)