objective

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ first, key, main, major, primary, prime, principal

▪ second, secondary

▪ broad, overall, overriding, ultimate

▪ limited, narrow

▪ long-term, short-term

▪ clear, specific

▪ important

▪ stated

▪

The legislation has failed to achieve its stated objectives.

▪ desired

▪ common

▪

The two groups are pursuing a common objective.

▪ economic, educational, environmental, military, political, strategic

▪ business, course, learning, mission, policy, research

VERB + OBJECTIVE

▪ have

▪ accomplish, achieve, attain, complete, fulfil/fulfill, meet, reach, succeed in

▪

The department needs more money to achieve its objectives.

▪ fail in

▪ agree, define, establish, formulate, identify, set, specify

▪

a set of agreed objectives

▪

We need to establish a clear objective.

▪ declare, state

▪ promote, pursue, support

PREPOSITION

▪ in an/the objective

▪

The party is radical in its objectives.

▪ objective of

▪

We succeeded in our prime objective of cutting costs.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, seem

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ truly, very

▪ completely, entirely, purely, totally, wholly

▪

It is impossible to be completely objective.

▪ fairly, reasonably

▪ apparently (esp. BrE), seemingly (esp. AmE)

▪ supposedly

Objective is used with these nouns: ↑analysis, ↑assessment, ↑criterion, ↑description, ↑evaluation, ↑evidence, ↑judgement, ↑manner, ↑measure, ↑measurement, ↑observer, ↑opinion, ↑perspective, ↑point of view, ↑reality, ↑standard, ↑standpoint, ↑test, ↑truth, ↑viewpoint