objective
9
7.2
- adjective
- /əbˈdʒɛktɪv/
- Specialized
:
acusativo
- 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
3.9
The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image
- Specialized
1
7.4
The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence
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.