Meaning & use
goal-focused
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Meaning
adjectivecomparable
concentrating on achieving specific aims or targets.
Grammar: Used before a noun (a goal-focused team) or after a linking verb (she is goal-focused). It can be comparative: more goal-focused.
Patterns
- be goal-focused
- a goal-focused approach
Our new manager is very goal-focused, so we always know what we are working toward.
A goal-focused training plan helped the athletes improve quickly.
She stays goal-focused even when the work gets difficult.
Word forms
| comparative | more goal-focused |
|---|---|
| superlative | most goal-focused |
Common combinations
- goal-focused approach
- The team took a goal-focused approach to the project.
- goal-focused leader
- A goal-focused leader keeps everyone on track.
- stay goal-focused
- It can be hard to stay goal-focused during the holidays.
- highly goal-focused
- She is highly goal-focused and rarely gets distracted.
Synonyms and how they differ
- target-driven
- Similar, but often used in business contexts and emphasizes hitting numerical targets.
- purposeful
- Suggests having a clear purpose, but not necessarily specific goals.
- determined
- Focuses on strong willpower rather than on setting and achieving goals.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: goal-focused or goal-oriented?
goal-focused vs goal-oriented
Very similar, but goal-oriented often describes a personality or style, while goal-focused emphasizes current attention on the goal.
Practice
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: 'A ____ plan helps you stay on track to reach your targets.'
Choose one answer.
The adjective 'goal-focused' correctly describes a plan that concentrates on goals. 'Goal-focus' is a noun and does not fit before 'plan'; 'goal-focusing' is not a standard compound; 'focus-goal' reverses the order and is not English.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “goal-focused”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.