Noun
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the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
- objective lens - object lens - object glass -
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
"the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
Adjective
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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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emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
"objective art"
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serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
"objective case"
"accusative endings"
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undistorted by emotion or personal bias
based on observable phenomena
"an objective appraisal"
"objective evidence"