Goal

Definition: Goal

Goal

Noun

1. 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. A successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play".

3. 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. The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "goal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Weather

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

GOAL

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Goal

Arrival

Home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage; (refuge).

Completion

Ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach; (arrive); get in the harvest.

End

Consummation, denouement; finish; (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology.

Intention

Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye,

Quiescence

Resting place; gite; bivouac; home; (abode); pillow; (support); haven; (refuge); goal; (arrival).

Success

Trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit; (acquisition).

Crosswords: Goal

Dutch (goal), German (goal), Italian (goal), Manx (branch, Britain, crotch, crutch, foreigner, fork, Gaul, junction, love, lowlander, perineum).

What is my goal here, to make you a happy, well-adjusted gangster (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan)

I had weak points three years ago, but my main thing in mind is, my goal always was, to even out everything to the point that everything is perfect (Pumping Iron; writing credit: George Butler; Charles Gaines)

But there's a goal higher than ourselves (Ydmygede, De; writing credit: Jesper Jargil)

The path that leads to what we truly desire is long and difficult, but only by following that path do we achieve our goal. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird)

It's my goal to entertain the world through artistic expression (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

If you're my goal (Ain't No Mountain High Enough; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Gotta reach your goal to take the prize (World At Your Feet; performing artist: Fabian)

More determined to achieve my final goal ("I Am Woman"; performing artist: Helen Reddy)

On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore (Immigrant song; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

Dr. Abesacraben's goal was to genetically create the greatest (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus)

A goal without a plan is just a wish. (references; author: unknown)

Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again (references; author: unknown)

My goal in life is to be the sort of person my dog thinks I am. (references; author: unknown)

An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goal. (references; author: unknown)

Goal! The World Cup (1966)

Goal ston erota (1954)

Over the Goal (1937)

Goal (1936)

The Goal Rush (1932)

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References

• Goal Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• "My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry (reference)

• First & Goal (reference)

• Goal Setting 101 : How to Set and Achieve a Goal! (reference)

• Goal Setting Forms : Tools to Help You Get Ready, Get Set, & Go for Your Goals! (reference)

• Motivation and Goal Setting: How to Set and Achieve Goals and Inspire Others (Motivation and Goal Setting) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Goal Latino (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Power of Time Management & Goal Setting (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Goal Collection (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Goal II (reference)

• Goal Storm '97 (reference)

• Goal Storm Soccer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Goal I--surveillance and response. Credit: CDC.

Goal II--applied research. Credit: CDC.

Goal III--prevention and control. Credit: CDC.

Goal IV--infrastructure. Credit: CDC.

Figure 37. Spring messengers with rotating closing mechanisms. In 1923, the Danish scientist Martin Knudsen described and tested this type of messenger. The goal was to find a form and weight of messenger that would rapidly descend a cable without becoming entangled. Subsequently messengers of this type were most frequently used on research ships throughout the world. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Producing healthy calves like this one is the goal of researchers at ARS' Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Montana. They're currently studying hormonal and genetic causes of dystocia, or calving difficulty. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Piglets are one of the main subjects of ARS animal behaviorists. These scientists study behavior of pigs and cows 'round the clock with the goal of improving animal handling practices to reduce stress on animals and lower production costs. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Equal pay and equal work, the goal of the feminists, is achieved by women ... railroad track workers on the job in Petrograd / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by W.K. Ziegfeld, Russian Expedition..

8th Army in Tripoli. The wreckage-washed harbor of Tripoli after the British 8th Army arrived. Tripoli was the goal of this British campaign. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Set a drinking goal for yourself. (references)

Your goal is high quality health benefits. (references)

Local control is a major goal of breast conservation treatment. (references)

Business

ATR’s goal is to have a 50% market share. (references)

The inflation goal of the Central Bank for the year 2001 is 8 percent. (references)

Less dependence on imports has been the primary goal of the Chinese government. (references)

Children

Cambodia

The Constitution provides for children's rights, and ensuring the welfare of children is a specific goal of the Government. (references)

Mauritius

The original goal was to implement the curriculum at the primary level in 1999 and at the secondary level in 2002. The Government provides full medical care for children. (references)

Ghana

Education is mandatory through primary and junior secondary school (the equivalent of grades 1 through 9). The Ministry of Education has a goal of providing basic education to all children by 2005. However, education is not free. (references)

Civil Liberties

Philippines

Some ulama also support the MILF's goal of forming an autonomous region governed in accordance with Islamic law. (references)

Austria

The law governs the oversight board for the state radio and television company, with the cited goal of making it more independent of political influence; however, critics contend that the board continued to be dominated by political appointees. (references)

France

A cultural association is a type of for-profit association whose goal is to promote the culture of a certain group; although not exempt from taxes, it may receive government subsidies for its cultural and educational operations (such as schools). (references)

Economic History

Hungary

Hungary has targeted increased investment in this sector as a primary goal. (references)

Bahrain

Laws, regulations, and infrastructure have been developed with that goal in mind. (references)

Austria

The ECB's primary goal in defining monetary policy is to maintain price stability. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

The mass organizations' ostensible purpose is to improve the citizenry, but in fact their goal is to discover and discourage nonconformity. (references)

Macedonia

The Framework Agreement called for safe conditions under which displaced persons could return home, and much progress had been made toward that goal by year's end. (references)

Spain

ETA, whose declared goal is to establish an independent Basque state, continued its terrorist campaign of bombings and shootings, killing 15 persons during the year. (references)

Minorities

Cameroon

They have formed several quasi-political organizations to pursue that goal. (references)

Japan

However, in recent years, some within the Burakumin community have questioned whether assimilation is an appropriate goal. (references)

Hungary

In contrast to other minorities for whom the preservation of their identity and culture is the basic goal, the Roma also have to contend with the fact that they generally belong to the lowest socioeconomic strata of society. (references)

Political Economy

PHILIPPINES

Achieving that goal will not be easy. (references)

Latvia

Latvia has made tremendous progress toward its goal of EU accession. (references)

BAHRAIN

An important GCC goal under discussion is the development of a unified Gulf currency. (references)

Political Rights

Germany

The Social Democrats have a 40-percent quota for women on all party committees and governing bodies, and they have met that goal. (references)

Germany

The Christian Democrats require that 30 percent of the first ballot candidates for party positions be women, a goal which they have met. (references)

Colombia

The quota law requires that a minimum goal of 30 percent of nominated positions, including seats on the high courts and ministerial positions, be allotted to women. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The Superintendency's goal is to restructure and reduce the number of institutions in the sector. (references)

South Africa

The Reserve Bank plays a key role in the control of inflation and has a stated goal of holding the inflation rate for 2002 under 6 percent. (references)

China

China's original goal of achieving a fully convertible currency by the year 2000 has been pushed back because of the Asian financial crisis. (references)

Travel

Uzbekistan

CS Tashkent has the goal of assisting U.S. business people with the logistical support necessary to explore business opportunities and conduct business in this young emerging market. (references)

Women

Morocco

The stated goal was increased numbers of women who vote and who run for office through a two-phase training process. (references)

Oman

The university has a quota system with the apparent goal of increasing the number of men studying certain specialties. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

The shared government and NGO goal is to return them to their families if possible; if not, they may be placed in a women's or girls' shelter. (references)

China

Officials from the Justice and Prison Administration Bureaus told a foreign delegation in April 2000 that of the 2,200 prisoners currently serving sentences in the TAR (76 percent of whom were ethnic Tibetan, and 20 percent ethnic Han), 110 were incarcerated for "endangering state security," including approximately 30 nuns and 70 monks, over 90 percent of whom were incarcerated for "endangering state security." Promotion of family planning remains an important goal for the authorities in Tibet, but family planning policies permit most ethnic Tibetans, as well as other minority groups resident in the TAR, to have more children than Han Chinese (who are subject to the same limits as citizens in other areas of the country). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "goal": attain the goal ♦ concede a goal ♦ consolation goal ♦ drop goal ♦ easy goal ♦ economic goal ♦ field goal ♦ goal area ♦ goal crease ♦ goal difference ♦ goal directed programming ♦ goal directed reasoning ♦ Goal keeper ♦ goal kick ♦ goal line ♦ goal post ♦ goal reduction ♦ goal regression ♦ keep goal ♦ keep the goal ♦ kick the goal ♦ own goal ♦ penalty goal ♦ play in goal ♦ reach one's goal ♦ rhetorical goal ♦ save a goal ♦ score a goal ♦ score goal ♦ score the first goal ♦ shoot a goal ♦ shot into goal ♦ take the goal kick ♦ ultimate goal. Additional references.

Beginning with "goal": goal-ace, goal-achieving, goal-arousal, goal-average, goal-bound, goal-box, goal-centred, goal-conditions, goal-den, goal-differentials, goal-directed, goal-driven, goal-drought, goal-getters, goal-glut, goal-grabber, goal-greedy, goal-hanger, goal-hungry, goal-keeper, goal-keeping, goal-kick, goal-kicker, goal-kickers, goal-kicking, goal-king, goal-laden, goal-less, goal-line, goal-lines, goal-maker, goal-mouth, goal-mouths, Goal-of-the-century, Goal-of-the-year, goal-orientated, goal-oriented, goal-poacher, goal-post, goal-posts, goal-related, goal-satisfaction, goal-scorer, goal-scorers, goal-scoring, goal-seeking, goal-setting, goal-shy, goal-side, goal-snapping, goal-specification, goal-starved, goal-state, goal-stopping, goal-tender, goal-ward.

Ending with "goal": drop-goal, four-goal, one-goal, own-goal, seven-goal, ten-goal, three-goal, two-goal.

Afrikaans

oogmerk (aim, purpose, target), doel (aim, purpose, target). (various references)

Albanian

qëllim (aim, ambition, aspiration, cause, design, designation, end, idea, intent, intention, Mark, mission, notion, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, term, thought, view). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرمي (thrown), ‏هدف (aim, butt, clout, end, ideal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, study, target, tendency, view), ‏قصد (aim, design, end, go to, have in mind, intend, intent, intention, mean, motive, object, purpose, repair to, sake, seek), ‏غاية (aim, destination, end, mean, object, plan, point, purpose, tendency, uttermost), ‏سجل هدف (kick), ‏طموح (ambition, ambitious, aspirant, aspiration, careerist, fly high, pretension, pretentious, pretentiousness), ‏إصابة (cannon, hit, hitting, infection). (various references)

Bulgarian 

цел на пътуване, цел (aim, ambition, consummation, designation, destination, effect, end, intent, intention, mission, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, turn), финал (final, finale, home, payoff), гол (bald, bare, callow, harsh, naked, nude, raw, unfledged, ungloved), врата (door, gate, gateway, home, hoop), местоназначение (destination, whither). (various references)

Catalan

fi (aim, conclusion, end, ending, purpose, target). (various references)

Chinese 

籃 (basket), 目的 (aim, objective, purpose, target), 目標 (objective, target), 目标 (aim, AIMS, target). (various references)

Czech

gól. (various references)

Danish

mål (aim, measure, measurement, purpose, target), hensigt (aim, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target). (various references)

Dutch

doel (aim, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target), wit (aim, blank, purpose, target, white), honk (aim, purpose, target), doelwit (aim, purpose, target), doelstelling (aim, purpose, target). (various references)

Esperanto

golejo, celo (aim, purpose). (various references)

Faeroese

stevnumið (aim, purpose, target), mál (affair, aim, business, business deal, case, idiom, language, matter, problem, purpose, speech, target, tongue, trouble). (various references)

Farsi 

مقصد (Aim, Destination), هدفی درپیش داشتن , هدف (Aim, Butt, Cause, Mark, Object, Parrot, Point, Prick, Purpose, Scope, Sight, Target, Victim), گل زدن , دروازه بان (Gatekeeper), دروازه (Gate, Gateway, Portal). (various references)

Finnish

maali (aim, finish, paint, purpose, target, winning-post), päämäärä (aim, object, purpose, target). (various references)

French

but, dessein. (various references)

Frisian

doel (aim, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target). (various references)

German

ziel (aim, credit period, designation, destination, end, finish, finishing line, finishing-post, home, object, objective, point, purpose, pursuit, target, winning post), tor (archway, door, fool, gate, gateway, hoop, port, portal), Zielpunkt (aiming point, arrival point). (various references)

Greek 

γκολ. (various references)

Hawaiian

qëllim (aim, purpose, target). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחוז חפצו (aim, desideratum, destination), מטרה (aim, cause, intent, intention, object, objective, purpose, target), יעד (aim, destination, end, mean, mission, objective, purpose, target). (various references)

Hungarian

cél (aim, cock-shot, consummation, destination, intent, Mark, object, objective, purport, purpose, target), gól (goalie). (various references)

Indonesian

gol (point, score), gawang (burdles, gate, goal posts, hurdle), cita-cita (aspiration, grief, ideal). (various references)

Italian

scopo (aim, drift, end, intent, object, point, purpose, sake, scope, target, use, view), meta (aim, boundary, destination, dung, Haycock, limit), traguardo (aim, designation, end, finish, finishing line, object, objective, post, target), proposito (aim, design, drift, intention, meaning, purpose, subject, target). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

目途 (outlook), 目論見 (a plan, a program, a project, a scheme, intention), 目論み (a plan, a program, a project, a scheme, intention), 目的　 (aim, intention, objective, purpose), 目的 (aim, intention, objective, purpose), 旅先 (destination), 当て所 (aim), 前途遼遠 (destination), コンマ以下 (below the decimal, cockroach, commune, connecting rod, con-rod, conversion, convert, convolution, convolve, cornrow style, ghost, ghost town, ghost writer, giving permission, go steady, goal getter, goal kick, goal line, goal post, goal reached, goalkeeper, goatability, go-cart, goggles, go-go, go-go dance, going my way, gold, gold medalist, gold rush, Goldberg, golden, golden age, golden disk, golden hour, golden time, Golden Week, golem, Gordon, gorgeous, gothic, green light, hit the goal, make the goal, of no account, prime time, traffic light). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たびさき (destination), ぜんとりょうえん (destination), あてど (aim), もくろみ (a plan, a program, a project, a scheme, intention), もくと (outlook), もくてき (aim, intention, objective, purpose), ゴール . (various references)

Korean 

목표 (no-goal, object). (various references)

Malay

maksud (aim, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target). (various references)

Manx

deayneyder, dean (dean, objective, target). (various references)

Norwegian

mål (aim, gauge, measure, measurement, purpose, target). (various references)

Papiamen

meta (aim, purpose, target). (various references)

Pig Latin

oalgay.(various references)

Polish

cel (aim, purpose, target). (various references)

Portuguese

objetivo (aim, business, cockshot, drift, end, full stop, function, intent, intention, object, objective, outer, point, purport, purpose, sake, shot, target, terminus, use). (various references)

Romanian

scop (aim, butt, consummation, design, designation, effect, end, intent, intention, Mark, meaning, mission, object, objective, order, purpose, scope, serve, target, turn, use). (various references)

Russian 

цель (aim, butt, effect, final cause, intent, intention, object, objective, purpose, target). (various references)

Scottish

tadhal (a resort, frequenting, hail, visiting), bàir (a game). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svrha (aim, intent, point, purpose), namena (aim, immediate destination, purpose), meta (aim, bull's eye, target, tee), cilj (aim, bourn, bourne, finish line, purpose, target), beleg (birthmark, mark). (various references)

Spanish

fin (aim, cease, close, closure, conclusion, corona, end, ending, finale, fining, finish, last, purpose, target, term), objeto (aim, end, exhibit, object, objet, purpose, single, target, thing), objetivo (aim, bomb site, detached, end, factual, lems, lens, objective, realistic, target), meta (aim, designation, end, finish, home, object, objective, target). (various references)

Swahili

goli. (various references)

Swedish

mål (aim, ambition, case, cockshot, cockshy, end, feed, goals, home, idiom, lawsuit, meal, object, objective, quest, speech, target, tongue, trial, voice, vote, winning-post). (various references)

Thai

ประตู (door), จุดมุ่งหมาย (target). (various references)

Turkish

hedef (aim, blank, bourn, Bourne, butt, clout, cock-shy, destination, home, intention, land of promise, Mark, object, objective, promised land, purpose, rover, target, terminus). (various references)

Ukrainian

ціль (aim, butt, purpose), гол, ворота (cage, clow, entry, gate, gateway), мета (aim, ambition, design, effect, intention, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, use). (various references)

Vietnamese 

mục tiêu (aim, objective, proposition), mục đích (design, errand, mark, purport, purpose, sake, scope), điểm đích. (various references)

calce, calces, fine, finem, fines, finibus, finis, finium, medad, metis, metitus. (various references)

honk. (various references)

but. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "goal": goaled, goalie, goalies, goaling, goalkeeper, goalkeepers, goalless, goalmouth, goalmouths, goalpost, goalposts, goals, goaltender, goaltenders, goaltending, goaltendings, goalward. (additional references)

Words ending with "goal": subgoal. (additional references)

Words containing "goal": subgoals. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Goal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agoal, egual, gaal, gabal, galo, gao, gaom, gaou, Gcol, Geala, Geale, Geall, gevalt, Ghosal, gial, gioa, Gionallo, Gjoka, gloak, glocal, Gnosall, goac, goae, goagl, goak, goale, Goalo, goam, goan, goas, Goatly, goeh, Goei, goel, Goelz, goep, goex, gofa, gofl, gogal, goil, goiz, gol, gola, golau, Golay, Gole, gonal, Gool, goole, Gopak, gopal, gorale, gorl, Gosau, gouhl, gouk, goul, goule, goval, Gowla, Goyal, goza, Gqoza, gral, grool, groul, guai, guaj, gual, Guala, guap, guau, guel, Guell, guil, gulal, Gumald, guul, gyoza, joal, Ngalo, ngola, oal, oga, ogal, ogil, ogival, ogofau. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gaol.

-1 letter: ago, gal, goa, lag, log.

-2 letters: ag, al, go, la, lo.

+1 letter: aglow, algor, along, argol, galop, gaols, gloam, gloat, goals, goral, largo, logan, logia.

+2 letters: agonal, algoid, algors, analog, apolog, argols, dialog, flagon, galago, galiot, gallon, gallop, galoot, galops, galore, galosh, gambol, gaoled, gaoler, gelato, glamor, glioma, gloams, gloats, global, gloria, glossa, goaled, goalie, gooral, gorals, kalong, lagoon, lanugo, lapdog, largos, latigo, legato, logans, loggia, logjam, logway, longan, lovage, ogival, otalgy, rugola, sawlog, slogan.