| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
subjective (səbˈdʒɛktɪv) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject and not the nature of the object being considered |
| 2. | of, relating to, or emanating from a person's emotions, prejudices, etc: subjective views |
| 3. | relating to the inherent nature of a person or thing; essential |
| 4. | existing only as perceived and not as a thing in itself |
| 5. | med (of a symptom, condition, etc) experienced only by the patient and incapable of being recognized or studied by anyone else |
| 6. | grammar See also nominative denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, esp in languages having only two cases, that identifies the subject of a finite verb and (in formal use in English) is selected for predicate complements, as in It is I |
| —n | |
| 7. | grammar |
| a. the subjective case | |
| b. a subjective word or speech element | |
| sub'jectively | |
| —adv | |
| subjec'tivity | |
| —n | |
| sub'jectiveness | |
| —n | |