immediate objective
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandobjective
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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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objective
noun[C]
uk/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
something that you plan to do ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandobjectivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theimmediateobjectiveof quarantine control was disease prevention.
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Is this really their soleimmediateobjectiveof planning?
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I have heard the suggestion that theimmediateobjectivein the textile trade should be to man all our idle machines.
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The valuation may be different, but theimmediateobjective, the ascertainment of value, is precisely the same in rating law and in revenue law.
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I have always been trained to believe that in any undertaking the most important thing is to be quite clear as to theimmediateobjective.
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Theimmediateobjectivemust be to secure a cease-fire.
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One feels when an aeroplane is above you, that you are itsimmediateobjective, and the one thing in the world being aimed at.
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In search of industrial recovery, the main andimmediateobjectiveis the pay policy.
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And when we tackle thisimmediateobjective, we shall realize that the peace process is inseparable from the fight against corruption.
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The mostimmediateobjectiveis the speedy establishment of a viable and competitive concrete platform construction industry.
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Ourimmediateobjectiveshould be economic prosperity, on which employment depends, and which is the sole source of social progress.
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Theimmediateobjectivemust surely he a relaxation of tension.
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Ourimmediateobjectiveis to complete the restoration of international peace and security in the middle east.
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Good occupational health services do something else besides pursuing theirimmediateobjective.
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I do not suggest that a reduction in debt will cure all the problems but it is an importantimmediateobjective.
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They would find that we put forward this precise proposal as animmediateobjective, an annual capital development programme of £50 million for the hospitals.
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There can be no feeling that once theimmediateobjectiveis reached, one can sit back and relax.
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In the face of this outrage, and the others in the week, the first andimmediateobjectiveis to bring to justice those responsible.
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Theimmediateobjectiveis the production of carbide.
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