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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

主要な目的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shuyō na mokuteki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Primary objective/ˈpraɪ.mər.i əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4120 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"私たちの主要な目的は顧客満足度の向上です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The most important goal or aim that a person, organization, or system strives to achieve above all others.

    "The company's primary objective for this fiscal year is to increase international market share."
  2. 2

    In tactical or strategic planning, the principal target or destination assigned to a force or operation.

    "The reconnaissance unit successfully secured the primary objective before dawn."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The adjective 'primary' stems from Latin 'primarius', meaning principal or of the first rank, derived from 'primus' (first). The noun 'objective' originates from late Medieval Latin 'objectivus', based on 'objectum' (thing put before the mind). Combined in modern business and military terminology, the phrase denotes the chief or paramount goal toward which efforts are directed.

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