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objective

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French objectif, from Latin obiect?vus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/, /?b?d???k.t?v/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/
  • Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)

  1. Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
  2. Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
  3. Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
  4. (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
  5. (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
    • 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
      The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.

Usage notes

  • Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.

Antonyms

  • subjective

Derived terms

  • nonobjective
  • objective correlative
  • objectivity

Translations

Noun

objective (plural objectives)

  1. A material object that physically exists.
  2. A goal that is striven for.
    • Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
  3. (grammar) The objective case.
    Synonyms: object case, objective case
  4. (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
  5. The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:goal

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b.??k.tiv/
  • Homophone: objectives

Adjective

objective

  1. feminine singular of objectif

Latin

Adjective

object?ve

  1. vocative masculine singular of object?vus

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hope

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?p, IPA(key): /h??p/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ho?p/
  • Rhymes: -??p

Etymology 1

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (to expect, hope), from Proto-West Germanic *hop?n, further etymology unclear.

Verb

hope (third-person singular simple present hopes, present participle hoping, simple past and past participle hoped)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
  2. To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
  3. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
    • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Psalms cxix. 81
      I hope in thy word.
    • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Psalms xlii. 11
      Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
  4. (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
  • here's hoping
  • hoped for
Translations
See also
  • aspire
  • desire
  • expect
  • look forward
  • want

Etymology 2

From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (hope, expectation), from the verb hope.

Noun

hope (countable and uncountable, plural hopes)

  1. (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
  2. (countable) The actual thing wished for.
  3. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
  4. (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
    • But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • forlorn hope
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English hope (a valley), from Old English h?p (found only in placenames). More at hoop.

Noun

hope (plural hopes)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.

Etymology 4

From Icelandic hóp (a small bay or inlet). Cognate with English hoop.

Noun

hope (plural hopes)

  1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
  2. (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Anagrams

  • pheo, pheo-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hope

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of hopen

Maori

Noun

hope

  1. waist
  2. hip (ringa hope)

Shona

Etymology

From the root of Common Bantu *d??kópè, whence also chikope (eyelid).

Noun

hópé 10

  1. sleep

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ho?p?/

Noun

hope n (no plural)

  1. Alternative form of hoop

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