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objective
Part of speech: NounThe point or purpose toward which any action is directed; an aim; in grammar, the case of a word governed by a transitive active verb or a preposition, or the word so governed; the lens of a microscope or telescope nearest to the object to be observed and forming the image.
Part of speech: AdjectiveBelonging to a material thing; being outside of the mind: opposite to subjective, or existing only in the mind; in grammar, noting the case which follows, and is governed by, a transitive active verb or a preposition.
Part of speech: AdverbObjectively.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "objective":- That this latter objective was seriously considered, at least by the Americans, we shall see from Revere's narrative. - "The Siege of Boston", Allen French.
- Neither Peggy nor Clifford had been beyond the glen, and neither had heard of this tavern, so they looked at it now with much curiosity, for it seemed to be the objective point of their captors. - "Peggy Owen and Liberty", Lucy Foster Madison.
- How is the individual related to this objective social world? - "The Value of Money", Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr..