Collocation
set a goal
to decide on a specific aim you want to achieve
Definition
'set a goal' is a common English collocation. to decide on a specific aim you want to achieve
set + a/your + goal
“I set a goal to run five kilometers without stopping.”
Examples
- Every Monday, I set a goal for the week.
- She set a goal to save money for a new laptop.
- Our team set a goal of finishing the project by Friday.
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- He set a goal to practice English for fifteen minutes a day.
- After the injury, the runner set a goal to return to training slowly.
- We set a goal to reduce our household waste by half this month.
- My coach told me to set a goal that is challenging but realistic.
- The company set a goal for customer satisfaction to reach 95 percent.
- I have set a goal of reading twelve books this year.
More verb + determiner + nouns
- make a decision to choose what to do after thinking about different options
- make a mistake to do something wrong or incorrectly
- join a meeting to enter and take part in a scheduled meeting, especially an online one
- make an excuse to invent or give a reason (often not true) to avoid doing something or to explain a mistake
- make a mess to create a dirty, untidy, or disorganized situation; to spill, scatter, or cause disorder