What does goal mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. goal, endnoun

    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"

  2. finish, destination, goalnoun

    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"

  3. goalnoun

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

  4. goalnoun

    a successful attempt at scoring

    "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"

GCIDE

  1. Goalnoun

    (Sport) The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal, thus scoring points; as, to score a goal.

  2. Goalnoun

    A base, station, or bound used in various games as the point or object which a team must reach in order to score points; in certain games, the point which the ball or puck must pass in order for points to be scored. In football, it is a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score points; in soccer or ice hockey, it is a net at each end of the soccer field into which the soccer ball or hocjey puck must be propelled; in basketball, it is the basket suspended from the backboard, through which the basketball must pass.

Wiktionary

  1. goalnoun

    A result that one is attempting to achieve.

  2. goalnoun

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

  3. goalnoun

    The act of placing the object into the goal.

  4. goalnoun

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

  5. goalnoun

    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.

  6. Etymology: From gol, from *. Related to gælan, hyġehygegælsa. Cognate with ngel.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Goalnoun

    Etymology: gaule, French, a long pole set up to mark the bounds of the race.

    As at the Olympian games, or Pythian fields,
    Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal
    With rapid wheels. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.

    And the slope sun his upward beam
    Shoots against the dusky pole,
    Pacing toward the other goal. John Milton.

    Hast thou beheld, when from the goal they start,
    The youthful charioteers with heaving heart
    Rush to the race? John Dryden, Virg. Georg.

    Our poet has always the goal in his eye, which directs him in his race: some beautiful design, which he first establishes, and then contrives the means, which will naturally conduct him to his end. John Dryden, Ovid, Preface.

    Each individual seeks a sev’ral goal;
    But heav’n’s great view is one, and that the whole. Alexander Pope.

    So man, who here seems principal alone,
    Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown;
    Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal;
    ’Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

Wikipedia

  1. Goal

    A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines. A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value.

ChatGPT

  1. goal

    A goal is a desired result or outcome towards which efforts and actions are directed. It can represent a specific, tangible or intangible achievement or accomplishment that a person, team, or organization aims to reach through strategic planning, effort, and perseverance. Goals can be short-term or long-term and can span various areas of life, such as personal aspirations, professional objectives, educational targets, or health-related ambitions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Goalnoun

    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

  2. Goalnoun

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

  3. Goalnoun

    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

  4. Etymology: [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. vlr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]

Wikidata

  1. Goal

    In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to. Typically, a player on the team attempting to score shoots the puck with his/her stick towards the goal net opening, and a player on the opposing team called a goaltender tries to block the shot to prevent a goal from being scored against his/her team. The term goal may also refer to the structure in which goals are scored. The ice hockey goal is rectangular in shape; the front frame of the goal is made of steel tube painted red and consists of two vertical goalposts and a horizontal crossbar. A net is attached to the back of the frame to catch pucks that enter the goal and also to prevent pucks from entering it from behind. The entire goal is considered an inbounds area of the playing surface, and it is legal to play the puck behind the goal. Under NHL rules, the opening of the goal is 72 inches wide by 48 inches tall, and the footprint of the goal is 44 inches deep.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Goal

    gōl, n. a mark set up to bound a race: the winning-post—also the starting-post: the end aimed at: the two upright posts between which the ball is kicked in the game of football: the act of sending the ball between or over the goal-posts: an end or aim. [Fr. gaule, a pole; prob. of Teut. origin, as Old Fris. walu, a staff, Goth. walus; but acc. to Littré from L. vallus, a stake.]

Editors Contribution

  1. goal

    A task or vision we know we can achieve.

    When we keep focused on your goals and they are just and fair then we know we can achieve them.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'goal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1805

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'goal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1553

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'goal' in Nouns Frequency: #411

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Anagrams for goal »

  1. gaol

  2. Olga

  3. gola

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of goal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of goal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of goal in a Sentence

  1. Dano Wall:

    My goal when I started making Tubman stamps was to get 5,000 made and into people's hands, as this seemed at the start like a goal of sufficient ambition as to put it almost out of reach, but not quite, i now have over 6,000 people who've signed up to be notified when more stamps go into stock, so I will likely eventually pass that goal.

  2. Alexander Ovechkin:

    It was a tough game, for a long time we couldn't get a goal even though we had lots of chances. But, thank God, we won.

  3. Nancy Messonnier:

    My goal is that every single vaccine dose that gets made gets into somebody's arm to protect them. I don't want any vaccines left on the shelves or in doctors' offices.

  4. Bernie Sanders:

    On Sunday night, in the first one-on-one debate of this campaign, the American people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal.

  5. Jerry Moran:

    Can we find taxes to cut that grow the economy? We don’t want to increase the debt and deficit as a result of tax cuts, my goal is to find out which taxes you cut can actually help create more jobs, better jobs, higher-paying jobs … and which ones don’t do that. Not all of them do that.

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