Device and Object

noun

• An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.
  • usage: "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
• Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
• Any clever maneuver.
  • usage: "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
  • synonyms: gimmick, twist
• Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery. )
• An emblematic design (especially in heraldry. )
  • usage: "he was recognized by the device on his shield"

• (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
• (n.) Opinion; decision.
• (n.) That which is devised or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
• (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
• (n.) A spectacle or show.
• (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

noun

• A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.
  • usage: "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
  • synonyms: physical object
• The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable. )
  • usage: "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
  • synonyms: aim, objective, target
• Grammar) a constituent that is acted upon. (
  • usage: "the object of the verb"
• The focus of cognitions or feelings.
  • usage: "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"
• Computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer. (
  • usage: "in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects"

verb

• Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent.
  • usage: "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"
• Be averse to or express disapproval of.
  • usage: "My wife objects to modern furniture"

• (v.t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
• (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.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
• (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.
• (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.) 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.i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.
• (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.