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goal

noun
/ɡəʊl/UK/ɡɒl//ɡoʊl/US

Etymology

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

  1. derived from *gailō✻ — “crevice, gap”
  2. derived from *gailu✻
  3. inherited from *gāl✻ — “obstacle, barrier, marker”
  4. inherited from gol — “boundary, limit”

Definitions

  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.

    • My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
    • His goal is to become a YouTuber.
    • She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.

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

    • The racers are approaching the goal.
    • fans behind the goal
    • play in goal

  3. The act of placing the object into the goal.

    • miss a goal
    • concede a goal
    • let in a goal
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

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

      • score a goal
      • The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.

    2. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb…

      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.

    3. To score a goal.

The neighborhood

Derived

antigoal, any hole's a goal, away goal, basketball goal, captain's goal, consolation goal, distal goal, drop goal, dropped goal, empty-net goal, end goal, field goal → field goal percentage, ghost goal, goal area, goal attack, goal average, goalball, goalbound, goalbox, goal cage, goal celebration, goal contribution, goal defence, goal difference, goal-directed, goaler, goalfest, goalframe, goal-getter, goalgetter, goalhanger, goalie, goalish, goal judge, goalkeeper, goal kick, goalkicker, goalkicking, goalless, goal line · +47 more

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA