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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.
5.
EXPANDthe act of throwing, carrying, kicking, driving, etc., a ball or puck into such an area or object.
6.
COLLAPSEthe score made by this act.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English gol boundary, limit; compare Old English gǣlan to hinder, impede
1275–1325; Middle English gol boundary, limit; compare Old English gǣlan to hinder, impede
Related forms
goal·less, adjective
sub·goal, noun
Synonyms
1. target; purpose, object, objective, intent, intention. 2. finish.
1. target; purpose, object, objective, intent, intention. 2. finish.
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goal
1530s, "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 early 14c. Football sense is attested from 1540s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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