Objective and Terminal

Objective

Objective noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Terminal and objective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terminal" instead a noun "Objective".

Terminal noun - Either extremity of something that has length.

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Objective and terminal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Objective" instead a noun "Terminal".

particular	particular objective	particular terminal
typical	typical objective	typical terminal
specific	specific objective	specific terminal
certain	certain objective	certain terminal
Other adjectives: current, original, single, actual, entire, main, important, secret, new, possible, former, final, apparent, hidden, last, local.

Happens quite often in City of Heroes when a player clicks on an objective such as a crate or computer terminal.

Source: Teleporting Keycard Squad
Unusually, for most of it getting home is only his secondary objective; his primary is finding some kind of treatment for his terminal heart condition.

Source: Trapped in Another World
Sometimes when Durandal tells you what your objective is, if you access the same terminal right after that without completing the mission, he'll send you an angry message about how you should quit fooling around.

Source: Continue Your Mission, Dammit!

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