OBJECTIVE


Meaning of OBJECTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əbdʒektɪv ]

( objectives)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Your objective is what you are trying to achieve.

Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well...

His objective was to play golf and win.

= aim, goal

N-COUNT : usu with poss

2.

Objective information is based on facts.

He had no objective evidence that anything extraordinary was happening.

ADJ : ADJ n

• ob‧jec‧tive‧ly

We simply want to inform people objectively about events.

ADV : usu ADV with v

• ob‧jec‧tiv‧ity

The poll, whose objectivity is open to question, gave the party a 39% share of the vote.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If someone is objective, they base their opinions on facts rather than on their personal feelings.

I believe that a journalist should be completely objective...

I would really like to have your objective opinion on this.

= impartial

≠ subjective

ADJ

• ob‧jec‧tive‧ly

Try to view situations more objectively, especially with regard to work.

ADV : usu ADV with v

• ob‧jec‧tiv‧ity

The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.

N-UNCOUNT

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