target

Meaning

Noun

1. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
2. A goal or objective.
3. An object of criticism or ridicule.
4. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
5. A kind of shield:
6. (obsolete) A kind of shield:
7. A kind of shield:
8. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
9. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
10. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
11. the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
12. The tenor of a metaphor.
13. The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
14. The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
15. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
16. (UK, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
17. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
18. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.

Verb

1. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
2. (figuratively, transitive) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
3. (transitive) To produce code suitable for.

Synonyms

aim

goal

objective

purpose

butt

mark

object

end

🔚

destination

aim at

intent

quarry

aim at something

prey

point

intention

fair game

strike

direct

quota

hit

aim for

terminus

target area

spot

sign

subject

plan

score

norm

place

sight

finish

figure

buckler

exponential

brunt

aiming

drive

bourn

laughingstock

jeer

blaze

add up

indexing

derision

index

hunting ground

dead-line

blasphemy

Translations

cible

Ziel

blanco

but

doel

objetivo

bersaglio

alvo

Zweck

objectif

scopo

viser

هدف

Zielscheibe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɑɹɡɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: targa

Cognate with Old English: targe

Cognate with Old High German: zarga

Cognate with Spanish: tarjeta

In summary

From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).

Sentences

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .