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goal-orientated

goal-orientated is the alternative form of goal-oriented.

Meaning of goal-oriented

Adjective

goal-oriented (comparative more goal-oriented, superlative most goal-oriented)

  1. Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.
    • Like many films of the indie realist strain - and unlike Lost in Translation — Welcome to the Dollhouse eventually abandons its slack, episodic pattern of narration for more goal-oriented suspense.2011, Michael Z. Newman, Indie, An American Film Culture, page 117

Questions about goal-orientated

What is goal-orientated the alternative form of?
Goal-orientated is the alternative form of goal-oriented.

Words near goal-orientated in the dictionary

  1. goal thirds
  2. goal umpire
  3. goal umpires
  4. goal-directed
  5. goal-line
  6. goal-orientated
  7. goal-oriented
  8. goal-orientedness
  9. goal-setting
  10. goal-suck
  11. goalazo

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