GOAL

goal

(noun) a successful attempt at scoring; “the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play”

goal

(noun) game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

goal, end

(noun) 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”

finish, destination, goal

(noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); “a crowd assembled at the finish”; “he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

goal (plural goals)

A result that one is attempting to achieve.

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

The act of placing the object into the goal.

A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

Synonyms

• (a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration

• See also goal

Verb

goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

(Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal.

Anagrams

• Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, gaol

Source: Wiktionary


Goal, n. Etym: [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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