goal
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
goal (plural goals)
- A result that one is attempting to achieve.
- My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
- She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
- (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.
- (a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
- See also Thesaurus:goal
- French: objectif, but
- German: Ziel
- Italian: obiettivo, scopo, risultato, fine, traguardo
- Portuguese: meta
- Russian: цель
- Spanish: meta
- French: but
- German: Tor
- Italian: porta, rete
- Portuguese: (Brazil) gol, (Portugal) baliza
- Russian: воро́та
- Spanish: portería
- French: but
- German: Tor
- Italian: gol, rete, goal
- Portuguese: (Brazil) gol, (Portugal) golo
- Russian: гол
- Spanish: gol
- French: but (marqué)
- German: Tor
- Italian: gol, rete, goal
- Portuguese: (Brazil) gol, (Portugal) golo
- Russian: гол
- Spanish: gol
goal (goals, present participle goaling; past and past participle goaled)
- (Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal.
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