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цели и задачи (About 735,000 results (About 65,700 UK results). purpose • aim • intention • plan • point • idea • intent These are all words for talking about what sb/something intends to do or achieve. purpose or aim? Your purpose for doing something is your reason for doing it; your aim is what you want to achieve. Aim can suggest that you are only trying to achieve something; purpose gives a stronger sense of achievement being certain. Aim can be sb's aim or the aim of something . Purpose is more usually the purpose of something : you can talk about sb's purpose but that is more formal. target • objective • goal • object • end These are all words for something that you are trying to achieve. target, objective or goal? A target is usually officially recorded in some way, for example by an employer or by a government committee. It is often specific, and in the form of figures, such as a number of sales or exam passes, or a date. People often set their own objectives : these are things that they wish to achieve, often as part of a project or a talk they are giving. Goals are often long-term, and relate to people's life and career plans or the long-term plans of a company or organization. Oxford Learner's Thesaurus © Oxford University Press, 2008. Alexander Demidov) |
