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| 1. | [ noun ] the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | |
| Synonyms: | aim object target | |
| Examples: | "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
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| Related terms: | goal thing business point target | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | |
| Synonyms: | nonsubjective | |
| Examples: | "an objective appraisal" "objective evidence" |
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| Related terms: | subjective impersonal clinical verifiable cool | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation | |
| Examples: | "objective art" |
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| Related terms: | representational | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | |
| Examples: | "concrete benefits" "a concrete example" "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind" |
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| Related terms: | concrete | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | |
| Synonyms: | accusative | |
| Examples: | "objective case" "accusative endings" |
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| Related terms: | grammar accusative accusative | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (physics,optics) the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed | |
| Synonyms: | object_glass | |
| Related terms: | lens optical_telescope compound_microscope | |
| Similar spelling: |
objectively object objectivity obsessive objection objectify obsessively object_code objector obsessivity object_ball |
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