释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•jec•tiv•i•ty (ob′jik tiv′i tē, -jek-),USA pronunciation n. - the state or quality of being objective:He tries to maintain objectivity in his judgment.
- intentness on objects external to the mind.
- external reality.
- objective + -ity 1795–1805
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•jec•tive /əbˈdʒɛktɪv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a purpose; aim;
goal:The army's objective was to seize the town before the invaders did. adj. - not influenced by personal feelings or prejudice:an objective opinion.
- Grammar
- of, relating to, or being a grammatical case that typically indicates the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition (contrasted with subjective).
ob•jec•tive•ly, adv. ob•jec•tiv•i•ty /ˌɑbdʒɪkˈtɪvɪti, -dʒɛk-/USA pronunciation ob•jec•tive•ness, n. [uncountable]See -jec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•jec•tive (əb jek′tiv),USA pronunciation n. - something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish;
purpose; goal; target:the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive. - Grammar
- Also called objective case. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles.
- a word in that case.
- OpticsAlso called object glass, object lens, objective lens. (in a telescope, microscope, camera, or other optical system) the lens or combination of lenses that first receives the rays from the object and forms the image in the focal plane of the eyepiece, as in a microscope, or on a plate or screen, as in a camera. See diag. under microscope.
adj. - being the object or goal of one's efforts or actions.
- not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice;
based on facts; unbiased:an objective opinion. - intent upon or dealing with things external to the mind rather than with thoughts or feelings, as a person or a book.
- being the object of perception or thought;
belonging to the object of thought rather than to the thinking subject (opposed to subjective). - of or pertaining to something that can be known, or to something that is an object or a part of an object;
existing independent of thought or an observer as part of reality. - Linguistics, Grammar[Gram.]
- pertaining to the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition.
- (in English and some other languages) noting the objective case.
- similar to such a case in meaning.
- (in case grammar) pertaining to the semantic role of a noun phrase that denotes something undergoing a change of state or bearing a neutral relation to the verb, as the rock in The rock moved or in The child threw the rock.
- being part of or pertaining to an object to be drawn:an objective plane.
- [Med.](of a symptom) discernible to others as well as the patient.
- Medieval Latin objectīvus, equivalent. to Latin object(us) (see object) + -īvus -ive
- 1610–20
ob•jec′tive•ly, adv. ob•jec′tive•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged object, destination, aim.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impartial, fair, impersonal, disinterested.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged personal.
|