objective
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7.2
- adjective
- /əbˈdʒɛktɪv/
- Specialized
- You have such a terrible time with the objective case, and your split infinitives put such a stress on the adverb.
- objective case
Examples
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Rather, the issue raised by the objective concept is one about mental direction, attention, or focus.
Academic text (1996) -
But we're talking about an objective doctoral thesis.
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You need to be objective, John.
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How can you possibly approach this disease in an objective way rather than it having just shot through with ideology?
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One is the daily objective activity to which you and I are confined.
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However, determining how the stories of Chekhov are both subjective and objective at once still remains a critical problem.
Academic text (1993) -
All subjects were given the objective-projective Draw A Person Questionnaire, which was scored for 14 scales.
Academic text (1996) -
The third layer of the psyche is known as the collective unconscious or objective psyche.
Academic text (1991) -
As grade level increases, teacher-made objective tests and structured performance assessments gradually increase in importance and classroom use.
Academic text (1999) -
The researcher presented objective data to support her findings.
Synonyms
1
9.3
Relating to the form of a word used as a direct object or after some prepositions
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.4
The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence
- Specialized
1
3.9
The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Objective in grammar comes from object 'thing' that receives an action, so the objective case marks the object of a verb or preposition. That is why the objective case shows which word is the 'object' in the sentence.