Objective in spanish
pronunciation: oʊbxetiboʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
objective1 = objetivo, propósito, fin, finalidad. [Acción específica que se pretende llevar a cabo, siendo necesarias varias de ellas para alcanzar una meta]
Example: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.more:
» accomplish + an objective = conseguir un objetivo.
Example: My approach here is always to go back and see what objectives our predecessors have tried to accomplish.» achieve + an objective = conseguir un objetivo.
Example: The user has to be made aware of its possible existence, if our systems are to achieve their objective of making information available freely.» behavioural objective = objetivo de comportamiento. [En educación, cambio en la conducta de una individuo que se pretende conseguir con una tarea de aprendizaje específica]
Example: This article describes the application of the behaviouristic curriculum planning process in which learning activities are delivered to students through a linear planning process controlled by the detailing of behavioural objectives.» clarify + an objective = aclarar un objetivo.
Example: As used in their book, planning covers a wide range of activities, including establishing policies, clarifying objectives, and making decisions.» defeat + Posesivo + objective = ser contraproducente, no tener sentido.
Example: They actually defeating their objective because they are feeding and fuelling the very mentality which is creating the ills they say they want to eliminate.» draw up + objectives = elaborar objetivos.
Example: A number of authorities have in the meantime drawn up objectives for their public library service.» fulfil + an objective = cumplir un objetivo.
Example: The traditional catalogue is failing to fulfill this objective at an ever increasing rate.» have + as + Posesivo + objective = tener como objetivo.
Example: DGIS has as its objectives the provision of a single, easy-to-use interface with all these data bases.» learning objective = objetivo de aprendizaje. [En educación, aquello que se pretende conseguir con una actividad educativa concreta]
Example: The learning objectives and teaching methods exhibited considerable variety, however.» management by objectives (MBO) = gestión por objetivos. [Gestión que se desarrolla mediante la fijación de unos objetivos y de los medios para conseguirlos]
Example: The library is now run according to a marketing concept and on the principle of management by objectives (MBO).» meet + an objective = cumplir un objetivo, cubrir un objetivo.
Example: Author catalogues and indexes can be designed to meet different objectives.» military objective = objetivo militar.
Example: Beyond this conflict, control of news in time of war has become a military objective throughout the world.» objective case = caso objetivo.
Example: A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.» objective setting = establecimiento de objetivos, fijación de objetivos.
Example: Staff should be made to feel involved in the Plan through personal objective setting.» pursue + an objective = perseguir un objetivo.
Example: The USA has pursued these objectives through 2 principal avenues -- bilateral negotiations with specific countries and multilateral negotiations through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).» statement of objectives = declaración de intenciones, declaración de objetivos.
Example: Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions.objective2 = objetivo, imparcial, neutral, ecuánime.
Example: Some say that journalism is not objective; others that it cannot be objective; and still others that it should not be objective.more:
» objective evaluation = evaluación objetiva.
Example: A possible solution is that of 'illuminative evaluation', a technique which gives evaluation a humanistic rather than a scientific base (objective evaluation).