Objective - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Aim, Ambition, Animus, Appetite, Arctic, Aspiration, Autistic, Blunt, Butt, Camera, Catatonic, Chill, Choice, Cold

The word objective means any of several things:

It has several dictionary definitions, such as goal or fair. See project objective, design objective, and Wiktionary:Objective.
In philosophy, it can refer to the nature of an object or reality. See object (philsophy), Objectivism, objectivity, objective truth.
In grammar, it can refer to nouns that are the object of a sentence. See object (grammar).
It can also refer to the lens or lens system in a microscope or camera that receives light and forms an image. See objective lens and photographic lens.
Objective-C, a programming language.

The opposite of objective is subjective.

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