achieve goal

  • 21goal — noun (C) 1 something that you hope to achieve in the future; aim: achieve a goal: We ve achieved our goal of building a shelter for the homeless. | long term goal/short term goal (=that you hope to achieve after a long or short time) 2 the action …

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  • 22goal — 01. The Brazilian team scored a [goal] late in the second half to win the game 1 0. 02. If you want to succeed, you need to set yourself some [goals], and then make plans on how to achieve them. 03. My high school class set itself a [goal] of… …

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  • 23goal — noun 1 (in sports) frame into which a ball is kicked/hit ADJECTIVE ▪ open ▪ He kicked the ball into an open goal. VERB + GOAL ▪ go in, play in ▪ The goalkeeper …

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  • 24Goal Modelling — Within requirements engineering (RE), the notion of goal has increasingly been used. Goals generally describe objectives which a system should achieve through cooperation of actors in the intended software and in the environment [L. Liu and E. Yu …

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  • 25goal — n. 1) to set a goal 2) to achieve, attain, reach, realize a goal 3) (sports) to kick, make, score a goal 4) (sports) to nullify a goal 5) an immediate; long range, long term; ultimate goal 6) (sports) a field goal 7) (BE) (soccer) an own goal ( a …

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  • 26goal — [[t]go͟ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ goals 1) N COUNT In games such as soccer, netball or hockey, the goal is the space into which the players try to get the ball in order to score a point for their team. The Spaniards put all their strokes past Mason in the… …

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  • 27achieve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accomplish, attain, reach. See completion. Ant., fail. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To succeed in carrying out] Syn. complete, end, terminate, conclude, finish, finish up, finish off, do, perform,… …

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  • 28achieve — verb VERB + ACHIEVE ▪ fail to ▪ The present law has failed to achieve its objectives. ▪ be able to ▪ try to ▪ be designed to ▪ …

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  • 29achieve — a•chieve [[t]əˈtʃiv[/t]] v., a•chieved, a•chiev•ing. 1) to bring to a successful end; succeed in doing or accomplishing: The crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose[/ex] 2) to get or attain by effort: to achieve victory[/ex] 3) to accomplish… …

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  • 30goal — noun /ɡəʊl,ɡoʊl/ a) A result that one is attempting to achieve. My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie. b) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.… …

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