(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.
Trophy
Definition:
(n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
(n.) The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.
(n.) Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
(n.) Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.
Example Sentences:
(1) So Fifa left that group out and went ahead with the draw – according to legend, plucking names from the Jules Rimet trophy itself – and, after Belgium were chosen but decided not to participate, Wales came out next.
(2) Already this season they have won three trophies and could yet make it five out of six if they win the Champions League and Copa del Rey.
(3) Europe produced the greatest comeback in the tournament's history to reel in the US and retain the trophy.
(4) Moyes is relishing the visit by Chelsea and said: "I came for this sort of level but I came to win trophies and if you are going to win them then you do need to beat teams like Chelsea and Manchester City because that's the way our league is.
(5) The brewery kept winning trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards year in, year out, yet its head brewer refused to send beer east until he could guarantee refrigerated transport.
(6) Patrick Vieira, captain and on-pitch embodiment of Wenger’s reign, won the trophy with the last kick of his career at the club in the season when the Arsenal-United axis was finally broken by Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.
(7) After that attack, he said, body parts of some of the dead and wounded had been hung in trees as a "kind of trophy for the world to see".
(8) Löw’s side became the first from Europe to claim the trophy on Latin American soil courtesy of Götze’s fine 113th-minute finish from André Schürrle’s delivery.
(9) If the deal is completed without a hitch the winger will join his team-mates in Hong Kong, where André Villas-Boas's side will compete in the Asia Trophy.
(10) The overthrow of the Greek government so that (German finance minister Wolfgang) Schaüble could claim Tsipras’s head as a trophy.
(11) He had to watch her score a hat-trick and lift the trophy on television instead.
(12) England will still return home having retained, for what it is worth, the Wisden Trophy.
(13) Chelsea have an unorthodox way of gathering trophies but it is a successful one – and they will cherish this as one of their great nights.
(14) Before things get out of hand, the trophy is presented to Steven Gerrard, who hoists it skywards with a loud roar.
(15) The modern era has seen numerous format changes for the trophy.
(16) The winner in the 94th minute, from Jonathan Woodgate, came through a mistake by the Chelsea goalkeeper, Petr Cech, but the result itself was no accident and Tottenham earned their first trophy in nine years.
(17) This wasn’t about him; this first part of the event, before he headed out to the pitch where the trophies and the fans awaited him, was not much of a goodbye.
(18) They won the Supporters’ Shield in 2013, the club’s biggest trophy to date.
(19) Two years later, the offices of Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were trashed after an all-night siege , with looters seizing door-labels of prominent Brotherhood leaders as trophies.
(20) The Private Islands Online website, which specialises in selling island paradises and rocky outcrops across the world, says a little bit of land surrounded by sea in the Cyclades or Dodecanese is the perfect trophy asset: "Greek islands are the ultimate status symbol, evoking images of sunglass-sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts."