objective
adj
1 existing independently of perception or an individual's conceptions
are there objective moral values?
2 undistorted by emotion or personal bias
3 of or relating to actual and external phenomena as opposed to thoughts, feelings, etc.
4 (Med) (of disease symptoms) perceptible to persons other than the individual affected
5 (Grammar) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp. in languages having only two cases, that is used to identify the direct object of a finite verb or preposition and for various other purposes. In English the objective case of pronouns is also used in many elliptical constructions (as in Poor me! Who, him?), as the subject of a gerund (as in It was me helping him), informally as a predicate complement (as in It's me), and in nonstandard use as part of a compound subject (as in John, Larry, and me went fishing)
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accusative
6 of, or relating to a goal or aim
n
7 the object of one's endeavours; goal; aim
8 (Also called)
objective point (Military) a place or position towards which forces are directed
9 an actual phenomenon; reality
b a word or speech element in the objective case
11 (Also called)
object glass (Optics)
a the lens or combination of lenses nearest to the object in an optical instrument
b the lens or combination of lenses forming the image in a camera or projector,
(Abbrev.)
obj Compare →
subjective ♦
objectival adj ♦
objectively adv ♦
objectivity (less commonly) ♦
objectiveness n
objective danger
n (Mountaineering) a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
objective genitive
n (Grammar) a use of the genitive case to express an objective relationship, as in Latin timor mortis (fear of death)
objective point
n (Military) another term for →
objective →
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objective test
n a test, such as one using multiple-choice questions, in which the feelings or opinions of the person marking it cannot affect the marks given