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tar⋅get

[tahr-git]
–noun
1. an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
2. any object used for this purpose.
3. anything fired at.
4. a goal to be reached.
5. an object of abuse, scorn, derision, etc.; butt.
6. Fencing. the portion of a fencer's body where a touch can be scored.
7. a disk-shaped signal, as at a railroad switch, indicating the position of a switch.
8. Surveying.
a. the sliding sight on a leveling rod.
b. any marker on which sights are taken.
9. a small shield, usually round, carried by a foot soldier; buckler.
–adjective
10. that is or may be a target or goal: The target group consisted of college graduates who earned more than $50,000 a year.
–verb (used with object)
11. to use, set up, or designate as a target or goal.
12. to direct toward a target: The new warheads can be targeted with great precision.
13. to make a target of (an object, person, city, etc.) for attack or bombardment.
14. target on or in on, to establish or use as a target or goal: The club is targeting on September for the move to larger quarters.
15. on target,
a. properly aimed or on the right course toward a target.
b. accurate, correct, or valid: Their description of the event was on target.
c. filling or meeting a requirement or expectations: The amount of supplies we took was right on target.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n.) < MF targuete, var. of targete small shield. See targe, -et


tar⋅get⋅a⋅ble, adjective
tar⋅get⋅less, adjective


4. aim, end, purpose.
tar·get   (tär'gĭt)   
n.  
    1. An object, such as a padded disk with a marked surface, that is shot at to test accuracy in rifle or archery practice.
    2. Something aimed or fired at.
    3. A structure in a television camera tube with a storage surface that is scanned by an electron beam to generate a signal output current similar to the charge-density pattern stored on the surface.
    4. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
  1. An object of criticism or attack.
  2. One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
  3. A desired goal.
  4. A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.
  5. The sliding sight on a surveyor's leveling rod.
  6. A small round shield.
    1. A structure in a television camera tube with a storage surface that is scanned by an electron beam to generate a signal output current similar to the charge-density pattern stored on the surface.
    2. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
tr.v.   tar·get·ed, tar·get·ing, tar·gets
  1. To make a target of.
  2. To aim at or for.
  3. To establish as a target or goal.

[Middle English, small targe, from Old French targuete, variant of targete, diminutive of targe, light shield, of Germanic origin.]

Target

Tar"get\, n. 1. A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. [Eng.]

2. A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. [Obs. Scot.]

Target

Tar"get\, n. [OF. targette, dim. of OF. & F. targe, of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. targe, OD. targie, G. zarge a frame, case, border, OHG. zarga, Icel. targa shield.]

1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

2. (a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. (b) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

4. (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Language Translation for : target
Spanish: blanco,
German: die Zielscheibe,
Japanese:

target 
c.1400, "shield," dim. of late O.E. targe, from O.Fr. targe "light shield," from Frank. *targa "shield" (cf. O.H.G. zarga "edging, border," Ger. zarge, O.E. targe, O.N. targa "shield"), from P.Gmc. *targo "border, edge." Meaning "object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery. Verb meaning "to use as a target" is attested from 1837.

Main Entry: tar·get
Function: noun
: the object to be affected or achieved by an action or development; specifically : a company that is the object of a takeover

Main Entry: tar·get
Pronunciation: 'tär-g&t
Function: noun
1 : something to be affected by an action or development;specifically : an organ, part, or tissue that is affected by the action of a hormone
2 a : the metallic surface usually of platinum or tungsten upon which thestream of electrons within an X-ray tube is focused and from which the X rays are emitted b : a body, surface, or material bombarded with nuclear particles or electrons
3 : the thought or object that is to be recognized (as by telepathy) or affected (as by psychokinesis) in a parapsychological experiment

target tar·get (tär'gĭt)
n.

  1. One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
  2. A desired goal.
  3. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
  4. A target organ.

target
SCSI target

Target

(1 Sam. 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").

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