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objective
[ uhb-jek-tiv ]
noun
the objective of a military attack;
the objective of a fund-raising drive.
Synonyms: aim, destination, object
- Grammar.
- Also called ob·jec·tive case [uh, b-, jek, -tiv , keys]. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles.
- a word in that case.
- Also called object glass, object lens,. Optics. (in a telescope, microscope, camera, or other optical system) the lens or combination of lenses that first receives the rays from the object and forms the image in the focal plane of the eyepiece, as in a microscope, or on a plate or screen, as in a camera.
adjective
- being the object or goal of one's efforts or actions.
- not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased:
an objective opinion.
Synonyms: disinterested, impersonal, fair, impartial
Antonyms: personal
- intent upon or dealing with things external to the mind rather than with thoughts or feelings, as a person or a book.
- being the object of perception or thought; belonging to the object of thought rather than to the thinking subject ( subjective ).
- of or relating to something that can be known, or to something that is an object or a part of an object; existing independent of thought or an observer as part of reality.
- Grammar.
- pertaining to the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition.
- (in English and some other languages) noting the objective case.
- similar to such a case in meaning.
- (in case grammar) pertaining to the semantic role of a noun phrase that denotes something undergoing a change of state or bearing a neutral relation to the verb, as the rock in The rock moved or in The child threw the rock.
- being part of or pertaining to an object to be drawn:
an objective plane.
- Medicine/Medical. (of a symptom) discernible to others as well as the patient.
objective
/ əbˈdʒɛktɪv; ˌɒbdʒɛkˈtaɪvəl /
adjective
- existing independently of perception or an individual's conceptions
are there objective moral values?
- undistorted by emotion or personal bias
- of or relating to actual and external phenomena as opposed to thoughts, feelings, etc
- med (of disease symptoms) perceptible to persons other than the individual affected
- grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that is used to identify the direct object of a finite verb or preposition and for various other purposes. In English the objective case of pronouns is also used in many elliptical constructions (as in Poor me! Who, him? ), as the subject of a gerund (as in It was me helping him ), informally as a predicate complement (as in It's me ), and in nonstandard use as part of a compound subject (as in John, Larry, and me went fishing ) See also accusative
- of, or relating to a goal or aim
noun
- the object of one's endeavours; goal; aim
- Also calledobjective point military a place or position towards which forces are directed
- an actual phenomenon; reality
- grammar
- the objective case
- a word or speech element in the objective case
- Also calledobject glass optics
- the lens or combination of lenses nearest to the object in an optical instrument
- the lens or combination of lenses forming the image in a camera or projector
objective
/ əb-jĕk′tĭv /
- The lens or mirror in a microscope or other optical instrument that first receives light rays from the object and forms the image.
Derived Forms
- ˌobjecˈtivity, noun
- obˈjectively, adverb
- objectival, adjective
Other Words From
- ob·jec·tive·ly adverb
- ob·jec·tive·ness noun
- pre·ob·jec·tive adjective
- qua·si-ob·jec·tive adjective
- sem·i·ob·jec·tive adjective
- sem·i·ob·jec·tive·ness noun
- un·ob·jec·tive adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of objective1
Example Sentences
The Pentagon should explore a new system with fewer types of discharge and objective metrics.
Newsom has called a special session two other times to achieve a policy objective, in his political battle with the oil industry.
At the market close on Wednesday, its share price was nearly $36, an amount that was about $36 higher than it would have been trading if it weren’t an objective of retail-trading fascination because of its association with Trump.
The ethnic insurgent alliance which has inflicted the greatest defeats on the Myanmar military operates along the border with China, and launched its offensive a year ago with the declared objective of shutting down scam centres of which thousands of Chinese citizens had become victims.
They need measures they can trust to be objective.
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