sub·goal
| \ ˌsəb-ˈgōl
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variants:
or sub-goal
plural sub-goals
Definition of subgoal
: a goal that is involved in or secondary to achieving a larger goal
… it would probably also be a mistake to make robots in which subgoals would interfere with the main goals.— John McCarthy This is, in effect, the question of how relatively broad nonoperational goals are broken down into more specific and concrete operational goals and subgoals.— Lyman W. Porter et al.
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“Subgoal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subgoal. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of subgoal was in 1932
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