—adj.
1 external to the mind; actually existing; real.
2 (of a person, writing, art, etc.) dealing with outward things or exhibiting facts uncoloured by feelings or opinions; not subjective.
3 Gram. (of a case or word) constructed as or appropriate to the object of a transitive verb or preposition (cf. ACCUSATIVE).
4 aimed at (objective point).
5 (of symptoms) observed by another and not only felt by the patient.
—n.
1 something sought or aimed at; an objective point.
2 Gram. the objective case.
3 = object-glass.
Derivatives:
objectival adj. objectively adv. objectiveness n. objectivity n. objectivize v.tr. (also -ise). objectivization n.
Etymology: med.L objectivus (as OBJECT)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.