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Meaning of 'goal'
Meaning of 'goal' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Goal 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
- 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.
Meaning of 'goal' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. goal [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
Example in sentence:
- a crowd assembled at the finish;
- he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
Meaning (2):
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
Example in sentence:
- the ends justify the means
Meaning (3):
- a successful attempt at scoring
- a successful attempt at scoring
Example in sentence:
- the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play
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