Word Finder - goals

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A result that one is attempting to achieve.

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My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.

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In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

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The act of placing the object into the goal.

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A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

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A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

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To score a goal.

Our goals are to push forward, not pull back.

You love your country's ideals, goals, values, and aspirations.

Life sometimes got in the way of their goals, but they learned to be resilient.

Have you set long-term goals for your time away?

You shouldn't change your goals simply because they don't fit into someone else's plans.

Depending on your goals, it very well could be.

To what extent do you consider ' ecological footprinting ' to be a useful tool in pursuing the goals of sustainable tourism?

After all, Jackson was a member of the law enforcement community and perhaps he would be amenable to letting us retain our anonymity, realizing the greater benefit to goals.

Have shared goals years Cheryl and are aware of.

However, you may also save a lot of money if you find you didn't really enjoy a game or that it was very small and you completed all of the goals quickly.

Strong leader, able to motivate a geographically disparate team to achieve agreed goals.

When sanctions were deemed expedient to fulfill U.S. foreign policy goals, they were touted by U.S. officials as indispensable.

One of the key technologies which is helping to achieve these goals is heterogeneous catalysis.

They may look comfy, but surely he doesn't expect to knock in many goals wearing these?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term for business activities addressing goals that are not purely commercial.

The single thing that's always attracted me--and I'm sure countless others--to football is daring, flair and goals.

City and Sheffield United were inseparable on goal difference, so the Blades went up because they had scored more goals.

They conceded 89 goals, including a 5-1 away drubbing at Watford and, worse, a 5-2 home clattering against Bristol City.

Four superb goals for the center midfield dynamo Gareth Seeley showed why he was voted man of the match by his team mates.

They have to meet not only economic goals, but environmental and social ones.

The firm's culture is very much focused on working together to achieve goals.

Two of their goals came in the final three minutes to give the final scoreline a rather flattering look.

The first half was goalless, with all the goals coming in the second forty-five.

Similarly, statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements.

I had freckles, a bad haircut, scored more goals in football than all of them put together.

There were no David Beckhams or Roberto Carlos ' before 1927 as goals could not be scored from direct free kicks.

They've scored just three goals in five League outings - all three coming in the first half.

Sam Smith proved to be a prolific goal scorer with a total of 10 goal scorer with a total of 10 goals.

Goals from Crouch and Cole late in the second half helped England overcome Uruguay who led from Pouso's fantastic first half volley.

Goals flew in against Notts County with a Paul Walsh hat trick to see the hatters win 5-3.

Q5 What further steps should be taken toward meeting the government's goals for ensuring that every home is adequately and affordably heated?

Dreams are made of Rooney, Rossi and Ronaldo exchanging high-fives in the future as their goals bulge the nets of opposing sides.

Trained in the Erickson methods, Rita uses hypnotherapy to assist others in achieving their goals.

We think that the Commission's goals are somewhat ill-defined.

First are some speculations on how we might assess process skills - essential but often ill-defined educational goals.

These are merely illustrative of some of the more generic goals that you might negotiate.

It's a physically imposing side, and it's got goals.

It may be design-led, in pursuit of human-computer interaction goals evaluated in terms of utility or esthetics.

Group goals also help promote positive interdependence between individuals in the group, giving group participants a reason to co-operate in a meaningful way.

These often irreconcilable goals led to many of the problems with the process.

Goals tend to come from unsightly goalmouth scrambles or weak headers under onrushing keepers.

Goals in either half from Lee Bowyer and Mark Viduka effectively kick-started United's Premiership campaign in a quality contest at Elland Road.

He also had the knack of scoring goals at crucial times.

And now we want to bring dodgy knee Ugarte who I only ever saw score three goals at home?

Carvalho's made bad errors against much lesser opposition than Man Utd, some of which have led to goals being conceded.

One of the goals of this meeting is to identify how computational linguists can help the writer.

But despite the result, last night's encounter was a depressing affair, only livened up by three excellent goals.

Jamaican international Walter Boyd, linked with a summer move to Southampton, is the club's leading marksman with a meager seven goals.

They won 4-2, with ace marksman Billy McLeod netting a hat-trick, taking him up to 9 goals.

Burke was a constant menace throughout the game setting up both goals.