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Definition of Goal

1. Noun. 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. Noun. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey). "He was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"

3. Noun. 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. Noun. A successful attempt at scoring. "The winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"

Definition of Goal

1. n. 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.

Definition of Goal

1. Noun. A result that one is attempting to achieve. ¹

2. Noun. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. ¹

3. Noun. The act of placing the object into the goal. ¹

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

5. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goal

1. to score a goal (a point-scoring play in some games) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Goal

1. In psychology, any object or objective that an organism seeks to attain or achieve. Origin: M.E. Gol (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goal

goa bean goa bean vine goa powder goad goad stick goaded goading goadlike goads goadsman

goadsmen goadster goadsters goaf goafs goal (current term) goal-directed goal-kick goal-line goal area

goal areas goal attack goal cage goal celebration goal defence goal difference goal differences goal judge goal keeper goal kick

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