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Objective

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Similar meaning 14

Clinical 84% connected

Alt. of Clinic

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Clinical 84% connected

Alt. of Clinic

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Concrete 84% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 84% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Impersonal 84% connected

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

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Impersonal 84% connected

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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Real 84% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Real 84% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Verifiable 84% connected

Capable of being verified; confirmable.

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Verifiable 84% connected

Capable of being verified; confirmable.

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Narrower term 4

Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Grail 76% connected

A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Thing 76% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Goal 76% connected

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…

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Lens 76% connected

A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, a…

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Derivationally related 4

Objectivity 74% connected

The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.

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Objectivity 74% connected

The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.

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Synonym 4

Accusative 92% connected

Producing accusations; accusatory.

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Aim 92% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Object 92% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Target 92% connected

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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Strategy 84% connected

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

A defined result to be achieved.

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