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Synonyms for goal

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Synonyms for goal

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Synonyms for goal

the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

a successful attempt at scoring

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Norwich City: Teemu Pukki, Onel Hernandez and Marco Stiepermann - 46 goals, 24 assists, 10,281 minutes (146.9 minutes per direct goal contribution)
Polo D Sufi registered an impressive victory against Master Paints/Diamond Paints with a margin of twelve and a half goal to nine.
Samba Bank dominated the first chukker right from the word go as first they slammed in two field goals one each by Hissam and Shamyl to take 2-0 lead and then Hissam's 60-yard penalty provided Samba Bank a healthy 3-0 lead before the end of the chukker.
Salah's first goal came away against Watford last season when Roberto Firmino lobbed the ball over the top of the goalkeeper and the Egyptian sprinted towards the goal line beating a defender to the ball and slamming it home with his left-foot.
Unfortunately, not many people know that their ambitions are goals, while also not knowing how to achieve them.
He scored his and team's sixth goal to start the third chukker that also saw Diego score his team's second goal.
The literature on sales training and assessment is filled with acronyms such as GROW (goals, reality, options, will) and GAINS (goal, assessment, ideas, next steps, support) or based on performance outcomes such as increases in sales in a product category, a region over a time period, or within a team.
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC could emulate Alan Smith's record as only the second newly-signed post-war Manchester United striker to hit five goals in the first month of the season.
ROY HODGSON has put his faith in the following 23 players to bring the European trophy back to England: GOALKEEPERS Joe Hart (Man City, 58 caps, 0 goals): England's established No.1 and an experienced campaigner.
Making a goal to stop doing something is not nearly as effective as making a goal that involves doing something new.
Aston Villa, Newcastle and Hull have all previously gone four without scoring, Villa's the longest period after they went 451 minutes without a goal to call their own.
Louis- whether a goal is a high-low range goal (lose 2 to 4 pounds this week) or a single number goal (lose 3 pounds this week) has a systematic effect on goal reengagement.
Washington, DC, August 14, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Goals and objectives are on the agenda in the DC-based Goal Getter Group led by Donna Marie Thompson, PhD -- speaker, trainer, show host, and CEO of Goals in Action, LLC.
Over time Romanian handball players have progressed to throw at the goal, so that these processes carry their names today.
Alex Lucas scored a team-high three goals, Joe Green had a goal and an assist and Kyle Haghighi chipped in two goals for Tantasqua, including the final goal.