Provided outstanding goal coming first (7)
I believe the answer is:
endowed
'provided' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'outstanding goal coming first' is the wordplay.
'outstanding' becomes 'owed' ('owed' can be a synonym of 'outstanding').
'goal' becomes 'end' ('end' can be a synonym of 'goal').
'coming first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'owed' after 'end' is 'ENDOWED'.
(Other definitions for endowed that I've seen before include "funded" , "Bequeathed income to" , "given a portion?" , "Provided with permanent income or ability" , "Given, bequeathed" .)