goal

Meaning

Noun

1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
2. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
5. 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.

Verb

To score a goal.

Concepts

goal

aim

purpose

objective

target

object

intention

end

destination

intent

plan

butt

gate

finish

mark

jail

prison

program

project

scheme

finish line

mission

ambition

design

motive

score

touchdown

bourne

aspiration

lock up

cell

gaol

prison cell

programme

quota

door

entrance

exit

gateway

milestone

terminal point

end objective

final intention

meaning

maker

six points

dream

drive

death

extremity

Terminus

bourn

terminal

comber board

subject

aiming

finishing line

paint

terminus

longing

reaching

final state

try

agenda

cause

reason

task

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəʊl/

Etymology

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).