object-based
|ob-ject-based|
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/ˈɑb.dʒɛktˌbeɪst/
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/ˈɒb.dʒɛktˌbeɪst/
founded on objects
Etymology
'object-based' is a Modern English compound formed from 'object' + 'based', where 'object' ultimately comes from Latin 'objectum' (from 'ob-' meaning 'toward' + 'jacere'/'jicere' meaning 'to throw') and 'based' comes from 'base', from Old French 'base' and ultimately Greek 'basis' meaning 'a stepping, foundation'.
'object' passed into English via Old French and Middle English from Latin 'objectum'; 'base' entered Middle English from Old French 'base', which was borrowed from Latin/Greek 'basis'. The compound 'object-based' arose in Modern English by combining the noun 'object' with the past-participle adjective 'based' to mean 'having a base or foundation in objects'.
Initially, Latin 'objectum' referred to 'something thrown before or against' and 'basis' meant a physical foundation; over time 'object' came to mean 'thing' or 'entity' and 'based' came to mean 'having a basis in', so together they evolved to mean 'founded on objects' or 'using objects as the basis'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
based on or founded on objects (physical items or conceptual entities); using objects as the primary units or organizing principle.
The design uses an object-based approach to model real-world entities.
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Adjective 2
in computing: describing languages or systems that use objects as primary building blocks but may not implement the full set of object-oriented features (for example, supporting objects but lacking class-based inheritance).
Early descriptions called some scripting languages object-based because they supported objects but did not have classical class-based inheritance.
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