initial objective

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandobjective

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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objective
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
something that you plan to do ...
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(Definition ofinitialandobjectivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial objective

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In the management of diarrhoea, theinitialobjectiveis to prevent dehydration and electrolyte loss.
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Ourinitialobjectivewas simply to make music out of dance - to create a hyperinstrument - to naively transform the dancer into a musician/instrumentalist.
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Despite the vast literature on methadone maintenance treatment, this should not be theinitialobjectiveof treatment.
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Theinitialobjectiveis a rapid decomposition of the hierarchy into a small number of high-performance configurations through the concurrent identification of high potential, diverse design domains.
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Theinitialobjectiveof the operation has therefore been achieved.
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Theinitialobjectiveof the operation has, therefore, been achieved.
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The group has already met itsinitialobjectiveof providing a forum for co-ordinated and cohesive policy to help small firms.
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Theinitialobjectivewas that they would be approved for the action programmes to enter into force from 2004.
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Snake is told of its existence by his helicopter pilot after completing hisinitialobjective.
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Theinitialobjectivewas to establish one new school per year.
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Theinitialobjectiveof the movement was nuclear disarmament, though since the late 1960s opposition has included the use of nuclear power.
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Theinitialobjectivewas to encourage zoological and botanical sciences.
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This completely changed theinitialobjectiveof forming just family's mothers.
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Theinitialobjectivewere the civilian structures such as food stores, bakeries and markets who provided food to the besieged citizens.
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The organization was founded on the three basic principles of scholarship, practicality, and sociability, and itsinitialobjectivewas to stimulate cooperation and interest in accounting.
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The building's remarkable consistency between initial objectives and physical outcome does indeed define the centre of this discussion.
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We are satisfied that those initial objectives have now largely been achieved.
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Working level discussions to further both these initial objectives are continuing.
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Humanitarian missions of various types can do little to help, and sometimes even go against their initial objectives and calling.
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Most of the projects have attained their initial objectives.
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