"goal setting" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From goal + setting.",
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      "expansion": "goal setting (uncountable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1991, C. D. Poster, Doreen Poster, Maurice Benington, Teacher appraisal: a guide to training:",
          "text": "The job specification leads to goalsetting, and goalsetting in its turn sets up the criteria whereby the teacher will be appraised.",
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        "The creation and adoption of goals."
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          "creation",
          "creation"
        ],
        [
          "adoption",
          "adoption"
        ],
        [
          "goals",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "goalsetting"
        },
        {
          "word": "goal-setting"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "creation and adoption of goals",
          "word": "tavoitteenasetanta"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "celepolaganije",
          "sense": "creation and adoption of goals",
          "word": "целеполагание"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "goal setting"
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  "etymology_text": "From goal + setting.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "The creation and adoption of goals."
      ],
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          "goal"
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "goalsetting"
    },
    {
      "word": "goal-setting"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "creation and adoption of goals",
      "word": "tavoitteenasetanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "celepolaganije",
      "sense": "creation and adoption of goals",
      "word": "целеполагание"
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  ],
  "word": "goal setting"
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