Objective

An objective is a goal, a planned or intended outcome. A goal or objective consists of a projected state of affairs which a Person or a System plans or intends to achieve or bring about — a personal or

The word objective may also refer to:

Objective (military), the achievement of a final set of actions within a given military operation
Objective (grammar), a noun as the target of a verb
Objective (optics), an element in a camera or microscope
Objective Corporation, a software company
Objectivity (philosophy) (opposed to subjectivity)

This article describes three distinct but related terms military operations Operations as military events and operational level of war An objective pronoun in Grammar functions as the target of a Verb, as distinguished from a Subjective pronoun, which is the initiator of a verb An objective in Optics is the lens or Mirror in a Microscope, Telescope, camera or other optical instrument Objective Corporation (ASX OCL is a Global provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM solutions Objectivity is both an important and very difficult concept to pin down in philosophy Subjectivity refers to a subject's perspective particularly feelings beliefs and desires Purpose is the Cognitive Awareness in Cause and effect linking for achieving a Goal in a given System, whether

Dictionary

-adjective

Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
Based on observed facts.
(grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.

-noun

A material object that physically exists.
A goal that is striven for.
(grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

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