overall goal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandgoal
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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goal
noun[C]
uk/ɡəʊl/us/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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(Definition ofoverallandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoverall goal
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To meet theoverallgoal, we have two specific objectives.
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From the organizational perspective, theoverallgoalis to maintain a high degree of information flow within and without the organization.
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Theoverallgoalof this paper is to investigate the theoretical foundations of algorithmic verification techniques for specifications based on first order linear logic.
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Once more there is no single good available from both perspectives to maximize, but this is compatible with anoverallgoalof optimizing.
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If theoverallgoalis to maximize survival, then an organism must seek to perform actions that will minimize their chances of negative reinforcement.
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The value judgement component must then find the best series of plan segments that achieve the system'soverallgoal.
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Theoverallgoalis to minimise the makespan by using the available resources efficiently.
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These systems must also manage physical distribution and the coordination of the activity of several programs to achieve a commonoverallgoal(satisfy the user).
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Improving well-being is theoverallgoalof the households.
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Itsoverallgoalwas to determine the relation between private support and formal service systems and how the balance related to the quality of life.
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However, throughout, ouroverallgoalis to call the field of attachment back to its origins.
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Ouroverallgoalwas to present a descriptive account of children's earliest encounters with apologies.
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Although theoverallgoalof the design process is to develop a marketable product, the subgoals of each team vary.
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Thus, a person must deliberate over ultimate ends in light of hisoverallgoalof happiness, that is, a good human life.
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Ouroverallgoalis to improve the health of individuals and communities by improving the quality and quantity of health promotion that occurs.
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To try to explain this puzzling fact, theoverallgoalof our paper is to provide a framework for explaining the choice of managerial form.
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Theoverallgoalis to promote best practice and appropriate use of human and financial resources in preventing disease and delivering health care.
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Theoverallgoal, when studying a fluid mechanics problem, is to understand the complete behaviour of the system as a 'function' of the parameters.
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