objective
pronunciation
How to pronounce objective in British English:
UK [əbˈdʒektɪv]
How to pronounce objective in American English:
US [əbˈdʒektɪv]
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- Noun:
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed
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- Adjective:
- undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
- serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
- emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation
- belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events
Word Origin
- objective (adj.)
- 1610s, originally in the philosophical sense of "considered in relation to its object" (opposite of subjective), formed on pattern of Medieval Latin objectivus, from objectum "object" (see object (n.)) + -ive. Meaning "impersonal, unbiased" is first found 1855, influenced by German objektiv. Related: Objectively.
- objective (n.)
- 1738, "something objective to the mind," from objective (adj.). Meaning "goal, aim" (1881) is from military term objective point (1852), reflecting a sense evolution in French.
Synonym
unbiased unprejudiced impersonal open-minded unjaundiced even-handed uninfluenced disinterested uncoloured unemotional dispassionate fair unwarped equitable unswayed neutral judicial detached impartial indifferent just
scheme plan mark idea view meaning animus aim quarry intent implication motive plot intention target purpose ultimate purport design hope desire ends aspiration object point goal
Antonym
Example
- 1. While holdings might increase it is not an objective .
- 2. But mrs merkel also has a broader european objective .
- 3. There are a couple of ways to stay objective .
- 4. Don 't attribute all your mistakes to objective causes .
- 5. It could be a new or revised goal or simply a new approach to an existing objective .