Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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objective | Yes | Yes | No | No |
objective case | Yes | No | No | No |
objective (noun) | objective case (noun) |
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the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) |
objective (adjective) | objective case (adjective) |
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undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | |
serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | |
belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | |
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation |