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"objective case"adjectiveserving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
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"an objective appraisal" "objective evidence"adjectiveundistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
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nounthe goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
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nounthe lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
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"objective benefits" "an objective example" "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"adjectivebelonging to immediate experience of actual things or events
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"objective art"adjectiveemphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation
Definition that contains objective
- you The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed.
- him The objective case of he. See He.
- her The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she.
- them The objective case of they.
- thing a special objective
- than A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.
- yourself An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.
- business an immediate objective
- shoot throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- himself An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with he; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.