Objective - Definition

adj 1: undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on
observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal";
"objective evidence" [syn: objective, nonsubjective]
[ant: subjective]
2: serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain
prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective
case"; "accusative endings" [syn: objective, accusative]
3: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without
distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional
matter, or interpretation; "objective art" [syn: objective,
documentary]
4: belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events;
"objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no
objective evidence of anything of the kind"
n 1: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to
be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her
children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target]
2: the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope
that is nearest the object being viewed [syn: objective,
objective lens, object lens, object glass]