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 Definitions of Goal  [ʊl]  

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Definition of 'Goal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) goal
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.

2.  goal
the terminal point in a race.

3.  goal
a pole, line, or other marker by which such a point is indicated.

4.  goal
an area or point toward or into which players of various games attempt to propel a ball or puck to score points.

5.  goal
the act of propelling a ball or puck toward or into such an area or object.

6.  goal
the score made by achieving this.

Etymology:  (1920–25)

Definition of 'Goal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) goal, end
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) finish, destination, goal
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"

3. (noun) goal
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) goal
a successful attempt at scoring
"the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"


Definition of 'Goal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) goal
sth you are trying to achieve; = aim
Our goal is to raise $200,000.; It took six years to achieve this goal.

2.  goal
set a goal
to decide on a goal
You have to set goals for yourself.

3.  goal
in hockey and soccer, the frame into which you kick or hit the ball or puck
a slap shot directly into the goal

4.  goal
the act of hitting or kicking into a goal to score a point
a beautiful goal


Definition of 'Goal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Goal
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

2. (noun) Goal
the final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain

3. (noun) Goal
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


Translation of 'Goal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in football, rugby, hockey etc the act of kicking, hitting etc a ball between the goalposts; the point gained by doing this
He scored six goals.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: doel Arabic flag Arabic: هَدَف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gol Czech flag Czech: gól German flag German: das Tor
Danish flag Danish: mål Greek flag Greek: τέρμα, γκολ Spanish flag Spanish: gol
Estonian flag Estonian: värav Farsi flag Farsi: گل Finnish flag Finnish: maali
French flag French: but Hebrew flag Hebrew: שַׁעַר Hindi flag Hindi: गोल
Croatian flag Croatian: gol Hungarian flag Hungarian: gól Indonesian flag Indonesian: gol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mark, stig Italian flag Italian: goal, gol, rete Japanese flag Japanese: ゴール
Korean flag Korean: (경기의) 득점, 골 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įvartis Latvian flag Latvian: vārti
Malay flag Malay: gol Dutch flag Dutch: goal, doelpunt Norwegian flag Norwegian: mål
Polish flag Polish: gol Persian flag Persian: گل Pashto flag Pashto: ګول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: golo Romanian flag Romanian: gol Russian flag Russian: гол
Slovak flag Slovak: gól Slovenian flag Slovenian: gol Serbian flag Serbian: gol
Swedish flag Swedish: mål Thai flag Thai: ประตู Turkish flag Turkish: gol
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 進球得分 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гол Urdu flag Urdu: فٹبال ، ہاکی وغیرہ میں ہد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bàn thắng; điểm Chinese flag Chinese: 射门,得分(进球得的分)

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'Goal' - Nearby Entries  

go-ahead  goa  goal  goal-directed  goal-kick  goalie  goalkeeper  



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