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English adjective: objective | |||
| 1. | objective undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | ||
| Samples | An objective appraisal. Objective evidence. | ||
| Synonyms | nonsubjective | ||
| Similar | clinical, impersonal, neutral, verifiable | ||
| Antonyms | subjective | ||
| 2. | objective serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | ||
| Samples | Objective case. Accusative endings. | ||
| Synonyms | accusative | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
| 3. | objective emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation | ||
| Samples | Objective art. | ||
| Synonyms | documentary | ||
| Similar | existent, real | ||
| Antonyms | unreal | ||
| 4. | objective belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | ||
| Samples | Objective benefits. An objective example. There is no objective evidence of anything of the kind. | ||
| Similar | concrete | ||
| Antonyms | abstract | ||
English noun: objective | |||
| 1. | objective (cognition) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | ||
| Samples | The sole object of her trip was to see her children. | ||
| Synonyms | aim, object, target | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, goal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | business, grail, point, thing | ||
| 2. | objective (artifact) the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed | ||
| Synonyms | object glass, object lens, objective lens | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lens, lens system, lense | ||
| Part meronym | compound microscope, optical telescope | ||
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