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first-class object

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
first--class ob-ject
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.

noun

An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.)

Inflected Forms

first-class objects (plural)

Phrases

second-class object third-class object

Frequently Paired Words

second-class object third-class object

Synonyms

first-class citizen first-class entity first-class value

Questions

What does first-class object mean?
An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.

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