objective
UK/ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv//əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/
objective adjective: of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
Adjective
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices.
- Synonyms:
- disinterested, unbiased, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded
- Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment.
- Mind-independent
- Engagement of employees in the Public Administration and in the wider Public Sector, ..., shall take place either by competitive entry examination or by selection on the basis of predefined and objective criteria, and shall be subject to the control of an independent authority, as specified by law.1975, Constitution of Greece
- The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
- Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- The objective complement in "She makes us angry" is the adjective "angry".
- Let us now glance at the demonstrative and relative pronouns. Of the former there are but two in English, this and that, with their plural forms, these and those. To them, American adds a third, them, which is also the personal pronoun of the third person, objective case.[1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 41, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- 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.2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →ISBN
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- His [Henry Sweet's] true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion. Preface.”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page 101
- 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.1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459
- The objective case.
- Synonyms:
- object case, objective case
- a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
- Synonyms:
- objective lens
objective meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
objective in Hindi
- goal
- उद्देश्य uddeśya, मक़सद maqsad, हदफ़ hadaf, लक्ष्य lakṣya, निशाना niśānā
objective in Tamil
- குறிக்கோள், நோக்கம், கொள்குறி, புறவயமான, புறநிலையான, பொருளருகு வில்லை
objective in Marathi
- उद्दिष्ट, उद्दीष्ट
objective in Urdu
- goal
- ہَدَف hadaf, مَقْصَد maqsad, نِشانَہ niśāna
More languagesFewer languages
- objective in Bengali
- উদ্দেশ্য uddeśśo, লক্ষ্য lokkkho
- objective in Malayalam
- മനസ്സിന് പുറത്തുളള, വസ്തുനിഷ്ഠമായ, ഉന്നം, ഉദ്ദേശ്യം
- objective in Kannada
- ಗುರಿ, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ, ಉದ್ದೇಶ, ಧ್ಯೇಯ
- objective in Punjabi
- ٹیچا ṭīcā
- objective in Gujarati
- ઉદ્દેશ, ઉદ્દેશ્ય
- objective in Pashto
- هدف hadáf, مقصد maqsád
- objective in Tagalog
- layunin, panaklaw
- objective in Arabic
- حَقَّانِيّ ḥaqqāniyy, عَقْلَانِيّ ʕaqlāniyy, مُتَجَرِّد mutajarrid, مَوْضُوعِيّ mawḍūʕiyy
- objective in Malay
- objektif
- objective in Indonesian
- sasaran, objektif
- objective in Thai
- เป้าหมาย bpâo-mǎai
- objective in Vietnamese
- mục tiêu, mục đích
- objective in Myanmar
- ရည်မှန်းချက် ranyhman:hkyak
Examples of objective in a sentence
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals.2012, Christine Wilding, chapter 2, in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Croydon, UK: CPI Group (UK) Ltd, page 15:
- The new imperative for investment is the Government's objective to secure carbon-neutral transport emissions by 2040.2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
Synonyms of objective
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Antonyms
Forms of objective
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more objective |
| superlative | most objective |
| Noun | |
| plural | objectives |
Origin of objective
From Middle English obgectyf, from Middle French objectif and its etymon Medieval Latin obiectīvus. By surface analysis, object + -ive.
Words formed from objective
- biobjective
- interobjective
- multiobjective
- nonobjective
- objectivate
- objectivation
- objective clause
- objective correlative
- objective function
- objective lens
- objectively
- objectiveness
- objective piece
- objective synonym
- objective tinnitus
- Objectivism
- objectivist
- objectivity
- objectivize
- orchestrated objective reduction
- triobjective
- unobjective
- behavioral objective
- cost objective
- learning objective
- recovery time objective
- subobjective
- teleobjective
Phrases with objective
Words that rhyme with objective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
- injective
28 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- retrospective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- protective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- imperfective
- infective
- inspective
- introspective
- overprotective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about objective
- What does objective mean?
- Objective means of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- What is objective in Hindi?
- Objective in Hindi is उद्देश्य (uddeśya), मक़सद (maqsad), हदफ़ (hadaf). See Objective meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use objective in a sentence?
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals.
- What part of speech is objective?
- Objective can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce objective?
- Objective is pronounced /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near objective in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: objective (page history and authors); objective (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); objective (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); objective (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); objective (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ٹیچا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); objective (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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