objective-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: anything which is the intended goal

Commentary: OBJECTIVE[+relation][+role][+goal][+intended]

Examples:
The commandos' objective was to secure a secret post behind enemy lines.
The sales force did not meet their objective for the second quarter.
What is the objective of the protagonist in this novel?

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the lens of an optical instrument closest to the observed object

Commentary: OBJECTIVE[+entity][+artifact][+lens][+magnifying][+outermost][+of_instrument][+optical]

Examples:
The objective of the microscope was slightly scratched.
The objective of this telescope is a refractive lens.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: the objective grammatical case

Commentary: OBJECTIVE[+relation][+role][+grammatical][+case][+object]

Examples:
Languages in this family mark objective case and intransitive nominal case the same way.
English indicates the objective case largely through word order, not through morphological markers.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2