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1. free of personal bias and opinion, as in an objective evaluation.


2. ultimate goal or target of an individual’s or a group’s efforts and strategy, as in final objective.

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adjective

1. Composed of or relating to things that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses: concrete, corporeal, material, phenomenal, physical, sensible, substantial, tangible. See body/spirit, matter.
2. Having verifiable existence: concrete, real, substantial, substantive, tangible. See real/imaginary.
3. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, square, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idioms: fair and square. See fair/unfair.
4. Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down-to-earth, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prosaic, realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic. See excite/bore/interest, real/imaginary.

noun

What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.

adj

Definition: fair, impartial
Antonyms: biased, partial, prejudiced, subjective, unfair

(in optics) the lens or system of lenses in an optical instrument (especially a compound microscope) that is positioned nearest to the object to be viewed.

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1. perceptible by the external senses.
2. the lens or system of lenses of a microscope nearest the object that is being examined.

• immersion o. — one designed to have its tip and the coverglass over the specimen connected by a liquid instead of air.

For a list of words related to objective, see:

• Branches, Laws, Theories, and Techniques - objective: lens in telescope nearest to object observed that focuses light to form image of object
• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - objective: what a character wants in scene or play
• Grammar and Usage - objective: grammatical case used for object of transitive verb or preposition
• Calm, Gentle, or Easygoing
• Moderate, Sane, Conservative, or Old-Fashioned

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - objektiv, saglig
n. - objektiv, mål, formål

Nederlands (Dutch)
doelstelling, doel, waardevrij, objectief, onpartijdig

Français (French)
adj. - objectif, impartial, (Philos) objectif, (Ling) accusatif
n. - (gén, Méd, Mil, Phot) objectif, visée, (Ling) accusatif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ziel
adj. - objektiv, sachlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντικειμενικός στόχος/στόχος, επιδίωξη, (γραμμ.) αιτιατική (πτώση)
adj. - αντικειμενικός, (μτφ.) απροκατάληπτος

Italiano (Italian)
obiettivo, scopo, oggettivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - objetivo (m), finalidade (f)
adj. - real, imparcial

Русский (Russian)
цель, объектив, объективный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - objetivo
n. - objetivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mål, anfallsmål, objektskasus, objektiv
adj. - objektiv, saklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
客观的, 受词的, 外在的, 目的, 实物, 受格

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 客觀的, 受詞的, 外在的
n. - 目的, 實物, 受格

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 목적의, 객관적인 목적격의
n. - 목표,목적, 목적격의 말, 대물렌즈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 目標, 目的格, 対物レンズ
adj. - 目的の, 目的格の, 外界の, 客観的な, 具象的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هدف (صفه) موضوعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ענייני, אובייקטיבי, מושאי (בתחביר), חיצוני‬
n. - ‮מטרה, יעד, עצמית, עדשת העצם‬

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