immediate goal

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandgoal

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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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 ofimmediateandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Victory, relatively greater adequacy, is theimmediategoal, objective adequacy can be the result.
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Theimmediategoalwas the creation of a set of self-organizing and self-distributing principles.
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Theimmediategoalof the drive was to raise $150,000 for relief efforts.
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And theirimmediategoaltonight is to move their audience to its feet.
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Itsimmediategoalis to develop a demonstrator of a public transport information system, which operates over ordinary telephone lines.
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It is not theimmediategoalof scientific inquiry.
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The commission has concluded that theimmediategoalis to encourage the people to make population choices in terms of more rationality rather than tradition or ignorance.
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Although that was not theimmediategoalof this evaluation exercise, it is to be hoped that this is at least one goal of evaluation activities in general.
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The results presented here are a part of an ongoing investigation of impulsively started flow past circular cylinders, theimmediategoalbeing the confirmation of the experimental findings.
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In this case there is noimmediategoalof having a specific result, but the overall result is better stability, more security and more opportunity.
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Theimmediategoalis to reduce the present backlog of nationality applications awaiting determination.
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Because of the dangers involved, this should be ourimmediategoal.
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One is theimmediategoalof defence value for money.
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I also recognize that in the short term, computerized records are not animmediategoalbut obviously a long-term goal.
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While my talents and natural abilities have yet to be fully recognised, myimmediategoalis to represent the constituency with the dedication and commitment shown by my predecessor.
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Theirimmediategoalwas the establishment of a revolutionary junta.
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Theimmediategoalof conservation efforts is to reduce the threat of extinction by creating captive and wild populations.
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Theirimmediategoalwas to halt and reverse the decline in water quality entering the reef by 2013.
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