OBJECTIVE

I. adjective Date: 1647 1. relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of independent existence, of, relating to, or being an object, phenomenon, or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers ; having reality independent of the mind , perceptible to persons other than the affected individual, involving or deriving from sense perception or experience with actual objects, conditions, or phenomena , relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the case of words that follow prepositions or transitive verbs, 3. expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations , limited to choices of fixed alternatives and reducing subjective factors to a minimum, see: material ~ly adverb ~ness noun objectivity noun II. noun Date: 1835 a lens or system of lenses that forms an image of an object, 2. something toward which effort is directed ; an aim, goal, or end of action, a strategic position to be attained or a purpose to be achieved by a military operation, see: intention