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Goal

Goal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Goal? [n] a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" [n] game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points [n] the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [n] the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Goal: destination \| end \| finish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Goal: aim \| ambition \| anchorage \| apodosis \| aspiration \| basis \| bourn \| butt \| by-end \| by-purpose \| calling \| catastrophe \| cause \| ceasing \| cessation \| coda \| conclusion \| consideration \| consummation \| crack of doom \| culmination \| curtain \| curtains \| death \| decease \| denouement \| destination \| destiny \| doom \| duty \| effect \| end \| end in view \| end point \| ending \| envoi \| epilogue \| eschatology \| expiration \| fate \| final cause \| final solution \| final twitch \| final words \| finale \| finality \| finis \| finish \| function \| game \| grand slam \| ground \| guiding light \| guiding star \| harbor \| haven \| hit \| hole \| hole in one \| home run \| homer \| ideal \| inspiration \| intention \| izzard \| last \| last breath \| last gasp \| last stop \| last things \| last trumpet \| last words \| latter end \| lodestar \| mainspring \| mark \| matter \| motive \| object \| object in mind \| objective \| omega \| payoff \| period \| peroration \| port \| prey \| principle \| purpose \| pursuit \| quarry \| quietus \| quintain \| reason \| reason for being \| resolution \| resting place \| sake \| score \| slam \| source \| spring \| stop \| stoppage \| stopping place \| strike \| swan song \| target \| teleology \| term \| terminal \| terminal point \| termination \| terminus \| touchdown \| ulterior motive \| ultimate aim \| use \| vocation \| windup \| Z See Also \| aim \| bar \| basket \| basketball hoop \| bourn \| bourne \| cognitive content \| content \| design \| destination \| end \| end-all \| finish line \| finishing line \| game equipment \| goalpost \| hoop \| intent \| intention \| mental object \| net \| no-goal \| object \| objective \| own goal \| plan of action \| purpose \| score \| target \| terminus Goal In Webster's Dictionary \Goal\, n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. v["o]lr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.] 1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end. Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels. --Milton. 2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain. Each individual seeks a several goal. --Pope. 3. A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. {Goal keeper}, the player charged with the defense of the goal.

Goal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Goal?

[n] a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"
[n] game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
[n] the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
[n] the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Goal: destination | end | finish

Goal In Webster's Dictionary

\Goal\, n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German
origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel.
v["o]lr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]
1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the
   constestants run, or from which they start to return to it
   again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.

         Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With
         rapid wheels.                         --Milton.

2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends,
   or which a person aims to reach or attain.

         Each individual seeks a several goal. --Pope.

3. A base, station, or bound used in various games; in
   football, a line between two posts across which the ball
   must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the
   ball over the line between the goal posts.

{Goal keeper}, the player charged with the defense of the
   goal.

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