objective

Definitions of objective in various dictionaries:

noun - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

noun - the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

adj - undistorted by emotion or personal bias

adj - serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

adj - emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

adj - belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

Of or having to do with a material object.

Having actual existence or reality.

Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal.

Indicating a symptom or condition perceived as a sign of disease by someone other than the person affected.

Abbr.

Of, relating to, or being the case of a noun or pro noun that serves as the object of a verb .

Of or relating to a noun or pro noun used in this case.

Something that actually exists.

Something worked toward or striven for; a goal.

Abbr.

The objective case.

A noun or pro noun in the objective case.

The lens or lens system in a microscope or other optical instrument that first receives light rays from the object and forms the image.