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goal-oriented

goal-oriented adjective: focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.

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

Forms of goal-oriented

comparativemore goal-oriented
superlativemost goal-oriented
alternative UKgoal-orientated

Origin of goal-oriented

From goal + oriented.

Words formed from goal-oriented

Questions about goal-oriented

What does goal-oriented mean?
Goal-oriented means focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.
What part of speech is goal-oriented?
Goal-oriented is an adjective.

Words near goal-oriented in the dictionary

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

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