7 dictionary results for: goal
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goal
[gohl] Pronunciation Key
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[gohl] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end. |
| 2. | the terminal point in a race. |
| 3. | a pole, line, or other marker by which such a point is indicated. |
| 4. | an area, basket, cage, or other object or structure toward or into which players of various games attempt to throw, carry, kick, hit, or drive a ball, puck, etc., to score a point or points. |
| 5. | the act of throwing, carrying, kicking, driving, etc., a ball or puck into such an area or object. |
| 6. | the score made by this act. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME gol boundary, limit; cf. OE gǣlan to hinder, impede
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goalless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. target; purpose, object, objective, intent, intention. 2. finish.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| goal
(gōl) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English gol, boundary, possibly from Old English *gāl, barrier.] |
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| pa·tient
(pā'shənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
[Middle English pacient, from Old French, from Latin patiēns, patient-, present participle of patī, to endure; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.] pa'tient·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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goal
1531, "end point of a race," perhaps from O.E. *gal "obstacle, barrier," a word implied by gælan "to hinder." The word appears once before this, in a poem from c. 1315. Football sense is attested from 1548.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| goal | |
noun | |
| 1. | 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. | 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" [syn: finish] |
| 3. | 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. | a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" |
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goal programming
In logic programming, a predicate applied to its arguments which the system attempts to prove by matching it against the clauses of the program. A goal may fail or it may succeed in one or more ways.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Goal
Goal\, n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. v["o]lr 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.
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