goal-oriented en · ADJ
Etymology
From goal + oriented.
Meanings
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Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.
Like many films of the indie realist strain - and unlike Lost in Translation — Welcome to the Dollhouse eventually abandons its slack, episodic pattern of narration for more goal-oriented suspense.
2011, Michael Z. Newman, Indie, An American Film Culture, page 117:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goal-orientated | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| most goal-oriented | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more goal-oriented | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
de zielgerichtet (Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose) · af doelgerig (Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose) · nl doelgericht (Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose)