Dictionary Definition
objective adj
1 undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based
on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective
evidence" [syn: nonsubjective] [ant:
subjective]
2 serving as or indicating the object of a verb
or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes;
"objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: accusative]
3 emphasizing or expressing things as perceived
without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation;
"objective art"
4 belonging to immediate experience of actual
things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there
is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"
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" [syn: aim,
object, target]
2 the lens or system of lenses nearest the object
being viewed [syn: object
glass]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
əb'dʒɛk.tɪvAdjective
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
relating to a material object
- Arabic: (māddiy)
- Dutch: objectief, objectieve
- French: objectif, objective
not influenced by emotions
- Arabic:
- Dutch: objectief, objectieve, nuchter, nuchtere
- French: objectif, objective
based on observed fact
- Arabic:
- Dutch: objectief, objectieve
- French: objectif, objective
grammar
Noun
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Translations
material object
- Hungarian: tárgyi
- Polish: obiekt
- Spanish: objetivo
goal
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 目标 (mùbiāo)
- Dutch: doel , streefdoel , doelstelling
- Finnish: tavoite
- French: objectif, but
- German: Ziel
- Hungarian: cél, célpont
- Italian: obbiettivo
- Japanese: 目的 (もくてき, mokuteki)
- Korean: 목적 (mokjeok)
- Polish: cel
- Portuguese: objetivo
- Russian: цель (tsel’)
- Spanish: objetivo
- Swedish: objektiv
(grammar) the objective case
- Chinese: 宾位 (bīn wèi), 宾格 (bīn gé)
- Hungarian: tárgyeset
- Russian: объективный (ob"jektívnyj)
- Spanish: objetivo
lens
French
Adjective
- Form of feminine, objectif
Extensive Definition
An objective is a goal, a planned or intended
outcome.
The word '''objective may also refer to:
- Objective (military), the achievement of a final set of actions within a given military operation
- Objective (grammar), a noun as the target of a verb
- Objective (optics), an element in a camera or microscope
- Objective Corporation, a software company
- Objectivity (philosophy) (opposed to subjectivity)
See also
- Object (disambiguation)
- Objectivity (disambiguation)
- Purpose
objective in Czech: Objektiv
objective in German: Objektiv
objective in Spanish: Objetivo
objective in French: Objectif
objective in Italian: Obiettivo
objective in Latvian: Objektīvs
objective in Dutch: Objectief
objective in Japanese: 写真レンズ
objective in Norwegian: Objektiv
objective in Portuguese: Objetiva
objective in Swedish: Objektiv
objective in Thai: เลนส์ถ่ายภาพ
objective in Chinese: 鏡頭
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
achromatic lens, affectless, aim, ambition, anesthetized, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, arctic, aspiration, astigmatic lens,
autistic, bauble, bibelot, blunt, burning glass, butt, by-end, by-purpose, camera, catatonic, chill, chilly, choice, coated lens, cold, cold as charity,
cold-blooded, coldhearted, command, conation, conatus, concave lens,
concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens,
cool, corporeal, curio, decision, design, desire, destination, detached, determination, discretion, disinterested, dispassionate, disposition, drugged, dull, duty, emotionally dead, emotionless, end, end in view, equitable, evenhanded, external, extraneous, extraorganismal,
extrinsic, eyeglass, eyepiece, fair, fancy, final cause, foreign, free choice, free will,
frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, function, game, gewgaw, gimcrack, glass, goal, gross, hand lens, heartless, hope, icy, immovable, impartial, impassible, impassive, impersonal, inclination, indifferent, inexcitable, insusceptible, intent, intention, judicious, just, lens, liking, lust, magnifier, magnifying glass,
mark, material, meniscus, mind, neutral, nonemotional, nonsubjective, novelty, object, object glass, object in
mind, objective prism, obtuse, ocular, open-handed, open-minded,
out of touch, outer,
outlying, outside, outward, passion, passionless, phenomenal, physical, pleasure, prey, prism, purpose, pursuit, quarry, quintain, reader, reading glass, reason for
being, resolution,
self-absorbed, sensible, sexual desire,
soulless, spiritless, substantial, tangible, target, teleology, telephoto lens,
toric lens, trinket,
ultimate aim, unaffectionate, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, undazzled, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressionable,
uninfluenced,
unjaundiced,
unloving, unpassionate, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unswayed, unsympathetic, untouchable, use, varifocal lens, velleity, volition, whatnot, will, will power, wish, zoom
lens