object

anything that may be observed or acted upon by a subject
Thing variable_order_class Q488383
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Summary

object is a variable-order class[1]. object draws 1,849 Wikipedia views per month (variable order class category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: concept[3], self-depicting entity[4]
  • Subclass of: entity[5]
  • Part of: subject and object[6]
  • Commons category: Objects[7]
  • Said to be the same as: entity[8]
  • Opposite of: subject[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Objects[10]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox object[13]
  • Has characteristic: type of object[14], property[15]
  • Main Wikidata property: P12912[16], P13044[17]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object[18], https://w3id.org/sulo/Object[19]
  • Different from: Thing[20], physical object[21]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[22]
  • Exact match: https://schema.org/object[23]
  • Narrower external class: http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/upper#Substance[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ontology[25]
  • P14439: 000776[26]

Why It Matters

object has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] object is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . DOLCE+DnS Ultralite. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q141440321. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q141247525. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). object. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/object-q488383
MLA “object.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/object-q488383.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_object-q488383_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{object}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/object-q488383}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): object — https://4ort.xyz/entity/object-q488383 (retrieved 2026-10-15)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 3354
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 3354, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328591|Object (#7328591)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    Narrower external class → http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/upper#Substance
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es'
    Subclass of → entity
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers, Moving to Q141445610"
  3. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → entity
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/sulo/Object"
  4. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object, https://w3id.org/sulo/Object
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/sulo/Object"
  5. 5w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → variable-order class, concept, self-depicting entity
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: BFO class"
  6. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object, https://w3id.org/sulo/Object
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/top-level/class23.html, Moving to Q141183034"
  7. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Object, https://w3id.org/sulo/Object
    P14439 → 000776
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/top-level/class23.html"
  8. 13w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers"
  9. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → variable-order class, concept, self-depicting entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: self-depicting entity"
  10. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Objects
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007541009805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  11. 24w ago · Hirho · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → entity
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox object
    Part of → subject and object
    Instance of → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Commons category: Objects"
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