Objective

Quick meaning: Objective is an adjective meaning Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

Meaning

Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

More Meanings

1. Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices.
2. Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment.
3. (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
4. A material object that physically exists.
5. A goal that is striven for.
6. (grammar) The objective case.
7. (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)

Example Sentences

The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.

In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.

The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.

The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.

Word Forms

• objectives

Synonyms for objective

Depending on context, synonyms include disinterested, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal.

Antonyms for objective

Common opposites include subjective.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include object, concrete, representational, verifiable, accusative, neutral.

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