target

Definitions

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 butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile
3. A goal or objective
4. Completely accurate, precise, or valid: observations that were right on target.
5. purpose, object
6. A goal or objective.
7. An object of criticism or ridicule.
8. An object of criticism or ridicule
9. on target, accurate or correct; precisely right.
10. sight (of a weapon)
11. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
12. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed
13. An object, such as a padded disk with a marked surface, that is shot at to test accuracy in rifle or archery practice.
14. look!
15. A kind of shield:
16. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
17. A kind of shield: A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler. A bearing representing a buckler
18. An object of criticism or verbal attack.
19. third-person singular present indicative
20. A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
    obsolete
21. One to be influenced or changed by an action or event: Children were the target of the new advertising campaign.
22. A bearing representing a buckler.
23. A desired goal: achieved our target for quarterly sales.
24. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
25. A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.
26. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
27. The sliding sight on a surveyor's leveling rod.
28. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
29. A small round shield.
30. the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
31. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
32. The tenor of a metaphor.
33. The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
34. The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
35. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
36. A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
    UK, dated
37. A tassel or pendant.
    Scotland, obsolete
38. A shred; a tatter.
    Scotland, obsolete

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العربيةالهدفدَرِيئَةرميةمرمىنيشانهدفيستهدف+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilihədəf

Беларускаямэтанамер

Българскинамерениенасочанасочвамцел+ 1 more

Bosanskibutceliceločelociljmalmetamiranišantelметанишанциљ+ 10 more

Catalàblanc

Češtinacílterč

Danskmål

Ελληνικάσκοπόςστοχεύωστόχος

Esperantoceliĉelo

فارسیآماجدرقههدف

Suomikilpikohdemaalimaalimiesmaalitaulupäämäärätähdätätavoite+ 5 more

Gaeilgecuspóirsprioc

Galegobrancoobxectivosisto

עבריתמטרה

हिन्दीनिशानामारलक्ष्यहदफ़+ 1 more

Hrvatskibutceliceločelociljmalmetamiranišantelметанишанциљ+ 10 more

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Հայերենթիրախ

Bahasa Indonesiaalamatkhalayaksasarsasaran+ 1 more

Italianobersaglioobiettivotarget

日本語ターゲット向き当標的的目標目的靶+ 5 more

ქართულიმიზანი

Қазақ тілінысана

ភាសាខ្មែរវង់បាញ់ស៊ីប

한국어蓺靶겨누다과녁대상목적목표적타겟타깃표적+ 8 more

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Latinascopus

Lietuviųtikslas

Latviešumērķis

Македонскиметанишанцел

മലയാളംലക്ഷ്യം

Bahasa Melayusasaran

Nederlandsdoelschietschijf

Polskicelcelowaćmetatarczawycelować+ 2 more

پښتوهدف

Portuguêsalvodirecionarmirarobjetivotarget+ 2 more

Românăobiectivochiscopțelțintăținti+ 3 more

Русскиймишеньнамерениенаправитьнаправлятьнацелитьсяприцелитьсяцелитьсяцель+ 5 more

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Slovenčinacieľ

Slovenščinaciljtarča

Shqipqëllimi

Српскиbutceličelocelociljmalmetamiranišantelметанишанциљ+ 10 more

Svenskaangreppspunktmalmåltavlariktasikta+ 2 more

Kiswahililengwa

Тоҷикӣнишоннишона

ไทยวัตถุที่ประสงค์วัตถุประสงค์เป้าหมาย

Tagalogtigpo

Türkçehedefnisannişangâh

Українськазавданняметамішеньнамірціль+ 2 more

اردونشانہہدف

Tiếng Việtbiađíchmục tiêu

Examples

“Take⟳ careful aim at the target⟳.”

“Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have⟳ made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet⟳ ambitious growth targets. That model⟳ is still prevalent today.”

“They have⟳ a target⟳ to finish⟳ the project by November.”

“These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target⟳, thus.”

“The target⟳ or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form⟳ was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.”

“The fourth field is also party per pale, and for the dutchy of Genevois, contains chequered Or and azure: The sinister for the dutchy of Montserat, a target⟳, gules. The point⟳ Or is a black eagle of the county of Maurienne.”

“He made a good target⟳.”

“Coordinate term: source”

“Do you charge by source or target⟳?”

“Gary Cahill, a target⟳ for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer⟳ window closed, put⟳ England ahead early on and Rooney was on target⟳ twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.”

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