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goal-setting

goal-setting is the alternative form of goal setting.

Meaning of goal setting

Noun

goal setting (uncountable)

  1. The creation and adoption of goals.
    • The job specification leads to goalsetting, and goalsetting in its turn sets up the criteria whereby the teacher will be appraised.1991, C. D. Poster, Doreen Poster, Maurice Benington, Teacher appraisal: a guide to training

Questions about goal-setting

What is goal-setting the alternative form of?
Goal-setting is the alternative form of goal setting.

Words near goal-setting in the dictionary

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

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