(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.
Unbox
Definition:
(v. t.) To remove from a box or boxes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tom Whitwell is a digital consultant working with the British Council 's Creative Economy programme , which connects creative pioneers through international initiatives such as Playable City and Unbox
(2) The second biggest YouTube channel in July 2014 was DisneyCollector, with its collection of toy-unboxing videos racking up 268m views in the month, putting it ahead of musician Shakira’s 226.6m views.
(3) But non-gaming children’s channels are also popular: the biggest channel on YouTube in October was toy-unboxing channel DC Toys Collector , with nursery-rhyme channel Little Baby Bum also in the top five on YouTube that month.
(4) If somebody’s taken the bother to email – they’ve gone off YouTube to our website, found the contact page and written an email – they deserve to get something back.” Children’s videos are huge on YouTube, with six of its top 10 channels in January aimed at kids: toy-unboxing channels Funtoys Collector and Blu Toys ; Minecraft gamer Stampy ; Little Baby Bum; and two Russian animation channels, Masha and the Bear and GetMovies .
(5) One customer even made an “unboxing” video on YouTube: Facebook Twitter Pinterest But that’s just what they got.
(6) Toy-unboxing channel DC Toys Collector and Minecraft gamer Stampy were its second and fourth most popular channels in 2014 with 3.3bn and 2.2bn views respectively.
(7) Teaser video advertisements for the forthcoming Samsung "unboxing" feature a boy whose face is lit up by a golden glow as he becomes the first to lift the lid on the S4.
(8) YouTube’s top 100 channels have more than doubled their monthly views in the last year, with toy-unboxing channel Funtoys Collector emerging as the biggest star.
(9) The latest month’s top 10 is a mixture of music, games and children’s channels, including Taylor Swift (361.3m views in January); Russian cartoon channel GetMovies (359.5m); nursery rhymes collection Little Baby Bum (302.1m); Russian animated series Masha and the Bear (287.8m); games channel Popular MMOs (266.9m); more toy-unboxing with Blu Toys (255.3m); child-friendly Minecraft gamer Stampy (252.9m); and BuzzFeed Video (239.4m).
(10) The next hour (11pm EST) brought another unboxing in Seoul.
(11) In August 2014, the service’s second biggest channel was DisneyCollector , a Brazilian channel devoted to unboxing new toys.
(12) Brazilian toy-unboxing channel DisneyCollector was the second most popular in August, with 324.4m views.
(13) Leading to this Friday’s hullabaloo was a YouTube round-the-world event – which ends on Thursday night – where the new toys were unboxed live in 15 different cities over an 18-hour span.
(14) For much of 2014, the biggest star of them all was gamer PewDiePie , but he’s now been relegated into second place in the rankings by Funtoys Collector , the toy-unboxing channel formerly known as DC Toys Collector – and before that, Disney Collector.
(15) So comedians are going to play an important role, in tweaking, prodding and exposing the trunk of hypocrisy and rights violations that will be “unboxed” in the few years.
(16) Fans of the film series could watch from the comfort of their homes as the whole global event was being live-streamed from Sydney to San Francisco in an 18-hour toy-unboxing marathon.
(17) @Swan-City said: “I’m having issues accessing the PSN just unboxed my ps4 downloaded firmware now can’t get log into PSN to download games”, while @nerdrock “Real shocked I’m unable to enjoy my new PS4 on Christmas morning.
(18) ‘Fun Toyz Collector is the biggest channel of all on YouTube’ One example: unboxing channels, where toys (and a surprising number of Kinder Eggs) are unboxed and shown off for massive audiences of online kids.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Admittedly, I didn’t see those two moments of unboxing live, and that’s an issue I’ll have to deal with until my dying day.
(20) Amy Ratcliffe (@amy_geek) Just woke up, tuned into the #ForceFriday unboxing, and saw Rey and Phasma costumes available for kids!