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tar⋅get

  [tahr-git]
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–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.
—Verb phrase
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.
—Idiom
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

Related forms:
tar⋅get⋅a⋅ble, adjective
tar⋅get⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
4. aim, end, purpose.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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
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Medical Dictionary

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.

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