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Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. end
  2. lens
  3. goal
  4. lens system

What Google Knows

A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.

Related Definition

  1. objective:

    adj Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

    adj Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.

    adj Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.

    adj (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.

    adj (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)

    n A material object that physically exists.

    n A goal that is striven for.

    n (grammar) The objective case.

    n (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.

    n The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.