ENGLISH: objective - CREOLE: objektif



Overview of noun objective



The noun objective has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (39) aim, object, objective, target -- (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children")

2. objective, objective lens, object lens, object glass -- (the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed)



Overview of adj objective



The adj objective has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (9) objective, nonsubjective -- (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence")

2. objective, accusative -- (serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings")

3. objective, documentary -- (emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art")

4. objective -- (belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind")

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