long-term goal
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandgoal
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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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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Thelong-termgoalof the enterprise, however, is to parse language correctly, and to that end it must be worthwhile to find and eliminate these problems.
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Self-management skills - usually referred to as self-regulation or self-control - are valuable tools relevant to nearly any setting where independence from medical, therapeutic, or teaching agents is a desirablelong-termgoal.
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This account would then be a comprehensive model of normal and abnormal development in this domain, which we said is thelong-termgoalof cognitive theory and research.
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In the case of alcoholism, it is clear that thelong-termgoalof health and better relationships should have greater value than the short-term goal of an immediate drink.
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It is certainly a mid- tolong-termgoal, that is clear.
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Clearly, along-termgoal, this process has to be initiated immediately to ensure effective resolution of such intractable river water disputes.
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Ourlong-termgoalis to understand stress assignment in word reading, toward more inclusive cognitive models of reading.
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Thelong-termgoalwould be defined only in general terms, allowing considerable tactical flexibility, and indeed allowing redefinition as circumstances changed.
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This understanding of equality treats equality as along-termgoal, to be achieved through measures and programmes aimed at reducing current inequality.
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Obviously, thelong-termgoalis a comprehensive theory or model which encompasses both typical and atypical development.
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This is a high-level andlong-termgoal, but a first step towards it could be the development of a conceptual framework for situated resource-bounded agents.
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Some features of the totalitarian regime support the use of terror for achieving thelong-termgoalof eliminating any political opposition to the state order.
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In addition to the use of these methods by the designer, ourlong-termgoalis to computationally generate design concepts.
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Ourlong-termgoalis to support more implicit parallelism.
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The educational infrastructure established serves also to promote ourlong-termgoalof lowering the rate of intermarriage.
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Along-termgoalof the project is the practical implementation of gene-based medicine to public health on a massive scale.
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Thelong-termgoalof our research is to identify economical characteristics of this unique genetic resource and offer sustainable options to promote small-scale farms.
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