What's the difference between object and overcrowd?

Object


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
  • (v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
  • (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
  • (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.
  • (a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We maximize an objective function that includes both total production rate and product concentration.
  • (2) Theoretical objections have been raised to the use of He-O2 as treatment regimen.
  • (3) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
  • (4) The methodology, in algorithm form, should assist health planners in developing objectives and actions related to the occurrence of selected health status indicators and should be amenable to health care interventions.
  • (5) Further improvement of results will be possible by early operation, a desirable objective.
  • (6) It is proposed that microoscillations of the eye increase the threshold for detection of retinal target displacements, leading to less efficient lateral sway stabilization than expected, and that the threshold for detection of self motion in the A-P direction is lower than the threshold for object motion detection used in the calculations, leading to more efficient stabilization of A-P sway.
  • (7) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
  • (8) The objective remission rate was 67%, and a subjective response was observed in 75% of all cases.
  • (9) The objective of this study was to examine the effects of different culture media used for maturation of bovine oocytes on in vitro embryo development following in vitro fertilization.
  • (10) Reversible male contraception is another objective that remains beyond our reach at present.
  • (11) Among the major symptoms were gastrointestinal disorders such as subjective and objective anorexia, nausea and vomiting.
  • (12) To alleviate these problems we developed an object-oriented user interface for the pipeline programs.
  • (13) The objective of this work was to determine the efficacy of an endoscopic approach coupled to a Nd:YAG laser fiber in performing arytenoidectomy.
  • (14) Since the employment of microwave energy for defrosting biological tissues and for microwave-aided diagnosis in cryosurgery is very promising, the problem of ensuring the match between the contact antennas (applicators) and the frozen biological object has become a pressing one.
  • (15) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
  • (16) In this way complex interpretations can be made objective, so that they may be adequately tested.
  • (17) This paper provides an overview of the theory, indicating its contributions--such as a basis for individual psychotherapy of severe disorders and a more effective understanding of countertransference--and its shortcomings--such as lack of an explanation for the effects of physical and cognitive factors on object relatedness.
  • (18) Somewhat more children of both Head Start and the nursery school showed semantic mastery based on both heard and spoken identification for positions based on body-object relations (in, on, and under) than for those based on object-object relations (in fromt of, between, and in back of).
  • (19) The visual processes revealed in these experiments are considered in terms of inferred illumination and surface reflectances of objects in natural scenes.
  • (20) Among 71 evaluable patients 25% showed objective tumor response (three complete, 15 partial), at all three dose levels and irrespective of the major tumor site.

Overcrowd


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To crowd too much.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A property may be considered overcrowded if two children above 10 of the opposite sex have to share the same bedroom.
  • (2) Rail campaigners claim that the convoluted carriage-ordering system contributes to overcrowding.
  • (3) Most travel in overcrowded inflatable dinghies that have just one air pocket, making deflation more likely.
  • (4) Though large numbers of young people can be an economic advantage, a combination of unfulfilled aspirations, scarce land and water, overcrowding in growing cities as well as inadequate infrastructure could lead to social tensions and political instability.
  • (5) If you are a London commuter dreading tube strike chaos this evening and tomorrow there is an alternative to fighting your way on to overcrowded buses or a long walk.
  • (6) How do you draw a supportive social services ring around these families if they are forced as a result of housing benefit caps to move miles away to different boroughs and schools, or downsize into an overcrowded flat?
  • (7) It positioned Labour much more to the left, David Cameron's Tories a little more to the right, and the Liberal Democrats as the sole enthusiasts for a previously overcrowded centre.
  • (8) At the same time it is important to note variables which have not changed: the relative risks by age and sex, repetition rates, the diagnostic picture, poisoning with non-prescribed drugs, and the rank order of municipal ward rates: and variables which have diminished: the rates for divorced men, overcrowding, domestic gas and barbiturate poisoning, and drug misuse.
  • (9) We will also require them to meet their basic responsibilities as landlords, cracking down on those who rent out dangerous, dirty and overcrowded properties.
  • (10) Every year about 600 climbers come to Nepal hoping to reach the summit, creating a multimillion-pound industry and bringing problems of overcrowding.
  • (11) It feels like most people who are climbing Everest are having a film crew follow them.” Sherpa review – peril in the shadow of Everest Read more Since April’s earthquake, the Nepalese government have limited access to permits to experienced climbers, hoping that will address concerns about safety and overcrowding.
  • (12) Other factors which possibly contribute to the current pattern of hepatitis in California are the overcrowding and inadequate sanitary facilities among a portion of young people between the ages of 15 and 30.
  • (13) The Office of Rail Regulation will launch an investigation into serious travel disruption caused by overrunning engineering works in London , which led to services to and from two major stations being cancelled and chaotic overcrowding at a local station to which some trains were re-routed.
  • (14) The realities of living in overcrowded Indian cities or zones like Dwarka have made reinforcing social separation and discrimination through rituals or violence much harder.
  • (15) The prevalence of respiratory disease was higher among persons who did their cooking and sleeping in the same room, those living in poorly ventilated and overcrowded dwellings, and those with the fewest years of schooling.
  • (16) The majority of our prisons are overcrowded and, according the Prison Officers Association (POA) and prison reform groups, understaffed.
  • (17) There was some evidence that larger homes had been re-let, and there had been a “small increase” in the numbers of overcrowded tenants rehoused.
  • (18) "By freeing up slots, we will make Heathrow less overcrowded."
  • (19) A second experiment demonstrated the reproducibility of this phenomenon and showed that cell-to-cell spread can occur at a low rate in overcrowded, not overlaid, cell layers; it also showed that, in multiplying cell layers, the infection tends to become persistent.
  • (20) The overcrowding and geographical mobility variables used in the Jarman index did not predict increased workload.

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