Objective

[əb'dʒektɪv] or [əb'dʒɛktɪv]

Definition

(noun.) the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed.

(adj.) belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; 'objective benefits'; 'an objective example'; 'there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind' .

(adj.) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; 'an objective appraisal'; 'objective evidence' .

(adj.) emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; 'objective art' .

(adj.) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; 'objective case'; 'accusative endings' .

Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to an object.

(a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective.

(a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See Accusative, n.

(n.) The objective case.

(n.) An object glass. See under Object, n.

(n.) Same as Objective point, under Objective, a.

Edited by Elsie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Extrinsic, concrete, external

ANT:Intrinsic, abstract, notional, subjective

Typed by Julie

Examples

Checker: Walter

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