The meaning of OBJECTIVE is expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.
OBJECTIVE definition: something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a fund-raising drive. See examples of objective used in a sentence.
Definition of objective noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An objective is something you plan to achieve. A military objective is the overall plan for a mission. The objective for a bake sale is to raise money. If your objective is to learn a new word, you have succeeded.
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective) Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality. Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices. synonyms Synonyms: disinterested, unbiased; see also Thesaurus: impartial Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment. synonyms quotations
safe, secure - Safe and secure, now nearly synonymous, used to be more different; secure was subjective—man's own sense of the absence of danger—while safe was objective, the fact of such absence of danger.
There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word objective, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
