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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)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- (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.
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
Usage notes
- Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.
Antonyms
- subjective
Derived terms
- nonobjective
- objective correlative
- objectivity
Translations
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- 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.
- (grammar) The objective case.
- Synonyms: object case, objective case
- (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- 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
- feminine singular of objectif
Latin
Adjective
object?ve
- vocative masculine singular of object?vus
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mouse
English
Alternative forms
- mowse (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English mous, from Old English m?s, from Proto-West Germanic *m?s, from Proto-Germanic *m?s, from Proto-Indo-European *muh?s.
The computing sense was coined by American engineer Bill English in 1965 and first used publicly in a publication titled "Computer-Aided Display Control".
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ma?s/
- (US) enPR: mous, IPA(key): /ma?s/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /m??s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ma?s/, /ma?z/
- (US) enPR: mous, mouz, IPA(key): /ma?s/, /ma?z/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /m??s/, /ma?z/
- Rhymes: -a?s, -a?z
Noun
mouse (plural mice)
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
- (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
- A quiet or shy person.
- (computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- (obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
Hypernyms
- (small rodent): rodent
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- (small rodent): rat
- (input device): joystick, trackpad, trackball, pointing stick
Derived terms
Related terms
- muss
Descendants
Translations
Verb
mouse (third-person singular simple present mouses, present participle mousing, simple past and past participle moused)
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- 1988, MacUser, Volume 4
- I had just moused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
- 1988, MacUser, Volume 4
- (obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- muscle
- mussel
Further reading
- mouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mouse (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Computer mouse on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mice on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- meous, moues
Chinese
Etymology
From English mouse.
Pronunciation
Noun
mouse
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) mouse (Classifier: ??? c; ??? c)
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?maws/
Noun
mouse m (invariable)
- (computing, computer hardware) mouse (for a PC)
Derived terms
- tappetino per mouse
Anagrams
- esumo, esumò, museo
Middle English
Noun
mouse
- Alternative form of mous
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?maw.zi/, /?mawz/
Noun
mouse m (plural mouses)
- (Brazil, computer hardware) mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)
- Synonym: (Portugal) rato
- (Brazil, loosely) pointer; cursor (moving icon that indicates the position of the mouse)
- Synonyms: ponteiro, cursor
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mouse.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- maus
Etymology
Borrowed from English mouse.
Noun
mouse n (plural mouse-uri)
- (computing) mouse (for a PC)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English mouse. Doublet of mur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?maus/, [?mau?s]
Noun
mouse m (plural mouses)
- (computing, chiefly Latin America) mouse (input device)
- Synonym: ratón
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