Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 9090 6998039 2009-07-18T01:45:28Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates ==English== {{wikipedia|Objectivity}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{IPA|ŏb'dʒɛk.tɪv}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|əb'dʒɛk.tɪv}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # <!--DefA-->Of or relating to a [[material]] [[object]], actual [[existence]] or [[reality]]. # <!--DefB-->Not [[influence]]d by the [[emotion]]s or [[prejudice]]s. # <!--DefC-->[[Base]]d on [[observe]]d [[fact]]s. #* {{quote-book|passage=Engagement of employees in the Public Administration and in the wider Public Sector, ... , shall take place either by competitive entry examination or by selection on the basis of predefined and '''objective''' criteria, and shall be subject to the control of an independent authority, as specified by law.|title=[[S:Constitution of Greece|Constitution of Greece]]|year=1975}} # <!--DefD-->{{grammar}} Of, or relating to a [[noun]] or [[pronoun]] used as the object of a [[verb]]. #* {{quote-book|passage=Let us now glance at the demonstrative and relative pronouns. Of the former there are but two in English, ''this'' and ''that'', with their plural forms, ''these'' and ''those''. To them, American adds a third, ''them'', which is also the personal pronoun of the third person, '''objective''' case.|title=[[S:The American Language/Chapter 41|The American Language]]|author=H. L. Mencken|year=1921}} ====Usage notes==== * Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation. ====Antonyms==== * [[subjective]]<!--for which sense(s)?--> ====Derived terms==== * [[nonobjective]] * [[objectivity]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|relating to a material object}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[مادي|مادّيّ]]}} (māddiy) * Dutch: [[objectief]], [[objectieve]] {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|objectif|m}}, {{t+|fr|objective|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|not influenced by emotions}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[عقلاني|عَقْلانِيّ]]}} {{IPAchar|(ʕaqlāniy)}} * Dutch: [[objectief]], [[objectieve]], [[nuchter]], [[nuchtere]] {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|objectif|m}}, {{t+|fr|objective|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|based on observed fact}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[موضوعي]]}} {{IPAchar|(mauɖūʕiy)}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|objektivní}} * Dutch: [[objectief]], [[objectieve]] {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|objectif|m}}, {{t+|fr|objective|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|grammar}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # <!--DefE-->A material object that [[physically]] [[exist]]s. # <!--DefF-->A [[goal]] that is [[striven]] for. #* {{quote-book|passage=His true '''objective''' was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system.|title=Pygmalion|section=[[S:Pygmalion/Preface|Preface]]|author=G. B. Shaw|year=1913}} # <!--DefG-->{{grammar}} The objective [[case]]; a noun or pronoun in that case. # <!--DefH-->The [[lens]] or lenses of a [[camera]], [[microscope]], or other optical device closest to the object being examined. ====Synonyms==== * See also [[Wikisaurus:goal]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|material object}} * Hungarian: [[tárgyi]] * Polish: {{t+|pl|obiekt|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|objetivo|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|goal}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[هدف]]}} {{IPAchar|(hádaf)}} {{m}} * Chinese: [[目标]] (mùbiāo) * Dutch: [[doel]] {{n}}, [[streefdoel]] {{n}}, {{t+|nl|doelstelling|g=f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tavoite}} * French: {{t+|fr|objectif|m}}, {{t+|fr|but|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Ziel|n}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|cél}}, {{t+|hu|célpont}} * Italian: {{t+|it|obbiettivo|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[目的]] (もくてき, mokuteki) * Korean: [[목적]] (mokjeok) * Polish: {{t+|pl|cel|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|objetivo|m}} * Russian: [[цель]] (tsel’) {{f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|objetivo|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|objektiv|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|(grammar) the objective case}} * Chinese: [[宾位]] (bīn wèi), [[宾格]] (bīn gé) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tárgyeset}} * Russian: [[объективный]] (ob"jektívnyj) {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|objetivo|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|lens}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|objectief|n}} * French: {{t+|fr|objectif|m}} * Hungarian: [[objektív]] * Polish: {{t+|pl|obiektyw|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[объектив]] (ob"jektív) {{m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|objetivo|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|shabaha|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==French== ===Adjective=== {{fr-adj-form}} {{f}} # {{form of|feminine|objectif|lang=French}} [[zh-min-nan:objective]] [[et:objective]] [[el:objective]] [[fa:objective]] [[fr:objective]] [[io:objective]] [[id:objective]] [[it:objective]] [[sw:objective]] [[ku:objective]] [[hu:objective]] [[ja:objective]] [[no:objective]] [[pl:objective]] [[pt:objective]] [[ru:objective]] [[simple:objective]] [[fi:objective]] [[ta:objective]] [[te:objective]] [[tr:objective]] [[vi:objective]] [[zh:objective]]