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objective

ob·jec·tive

UK/ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/ US/əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/ fairly common

noun

1.

the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

  • “the sole object of her trip was to see her children”
2.

the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed

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adjective

1.

undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

  • “an objective appraisal”
  • “objective evidence”
2.

serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

  • “objective case”
  • “accusative endings”
Synonyms
3.

emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

  • “objective art”
4.

belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

  • “objective benefits”
  • “an objective example”
  • “there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind”
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Origin

From Middle English obgectyf, from Middle French objectif and its etymon Medieval Latin obiectīvus. By surface analysis, object + -ive.

Phrases

  • behavioral objective
  • cost objective
  • learning objective
  • objective clause
  • objective correlative
  • objective function
  • objective lens
  • objective piece
  • objective synonym
  • objective tinnitus
  • orchestrated objective reduction
  • recovery time objective

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