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ADJECTIVE:
  1. Of or having to do with a material object.
  2. Having actual existence or reality.
    1. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an objective critic. See Synonyms at fair1.
    2. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal.
  4. Medicine Indicating a symptom or condition perceived as a sign of disease by someone other than the person affected.
  5. Grammar
    1. Of, relating to, or being the case of a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of a verb.
    2. Of or relating to a noun or pronoun used in this case.
NOUN:
  1. Something that actually exists.
  2. Something worked toward or striven for; a goal. See Synonyms at intention.
  3. Grammar
    1. The objective case.
    2. A noun or pronoun in the objective case.
  4. The lens or lens system in a microscope or other optical instrument that first receives light rays from the object and forms the image. Also called object glass, objective lens, object lens.


OTHER FORMS:
ob·jective·ly(Adverb), ob·jective·ness(Noun)


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