common goal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommonandgoal
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common
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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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 ofcommonandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The challenge is not to fight against each other, but to find a common ground on which we can work together toward thecommongoal.
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Its applicability, however, is limited by its focus on cooperative agents acting towards acommongoalwithin systems of no more than about 100 agents.
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This would be particularly useful where multiple vehicles may be working towards acommongoal.
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We all work together for acommongoaleven when there is suffering.
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They provide examples of how to deal with multiple objectives and competing power differentials in the pursuit of acommongoal.
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I will comment later about scientists, scientific inquiry, and the potential for reaching thecommongoal.
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The function of the definite article does not always boil down to marking acommongoal.
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In part, definite nominal gerunds are used with to just as with for to express acommongoal.
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In creating precise positioning and alignment systems, acommongoalis to make the structure very stiff.
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It briefly united doctors, workers, legislators and occasionally business to lobby towards thiscommongoal.
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This seemingly disparate collection of instruments is joined by acommongoal: each instrument sought novel, technological means by which to produce sound.
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The organization as a society has acommongoalor purpose, structure, and norms.
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It is apparent that teachers, parents and pupils were working towards acommongoal: that of making the examination a constructive learning experience.
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Thecommongoalis extracting new high-level knowledge from data.
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This shared understanding of concepts could then be used to integrate applications and systems that function towards acommongoal.
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This study focuses on hazardous systems as a set of policy domains where individuals pursue system safety as acommongoal.
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Although their negotiating agents may have competing interests, they share acommongoalin order to coordinate their actions.
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These organizations may or may not network toward acommongoal.
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Friendships tend to begin and develop when two people meet in pursuit of acommongoal.
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Any observed regional contrast is thus temporary and due to varieties developing towards acommongoalat slightly differential speeds.
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