objective
- Adjective. of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Adjective. agreed upon by all parties present (or nearly all); based on consensually observed facts.
- Adjective. not influenced by irrational emotions or prejudices.
- Adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- Noun. A material object that physically exists.
- Noun. A goal that is striven for.
- Noun. (grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
- Noun. The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
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