Background C: What is an “objective”?

When searching the Oxford Dictionary for a description of that which is indicated by the word “objective”, one is directed from one of the following words to the other:

• aim,
• design,
• purpose,
• object,
• end,
• cause,
• goal,
• target,
• policy,
• intention,
• intent,
• mission

The fact that one is directed from one of these words to the other suggests that....

• the “group of cognition-marks” all particular objectives an individual ever had, have in common
• the “group of cognition-marks” all particular aims that individual ever had, have in common
• the “group of cognition-marks” all particular designs that individual ever had, have in common
• the “group of cognition-marks” all particular purposes that individual ever had, have in common
• et cetera

.... have a “group of cognition-marks” in common.

But no description of any of these “groups of cognition-marks” or the “group of cognition-marks” all these “groups” have in common is given in the Oxford Dictionary.