Meaning

19 senses
  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.

    Take careful aim at the target.

    Zielscheibe, Schießscheibe, Ziel

    мише́ньmišénʹ, цельcelʹ

    міше́ньmišénʹ, цільcilʹ

  2. A goal or objective.

    They have a target to finish the project by November.

    Ziel

    цельcelʹ, наме́рениеnamérenije

    цільcilʹ, мета́metá, на́мірnámir

  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:

    A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

    мише́ньmišénʹ, цельcelʹ

  6. A bearing representing a buckler.

  7. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

    He made a good target.

  8. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

  9. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

  10. The number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

  11. The tenor of a metaphor.

  12. The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.

    Coordinate term: source

More definitions
  • sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
  • a reference point to shoot at
  • the location of the target that is to be hit
  • a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

Examples

302 sentences
  1. I see the target.

    Я бачу мету.

    ruЯ вижу цель.

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  2. She aimed at the target.

    Вона прицілилася.

    ruОна прицелилась.

    deSie visierte das Ziel an.

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  3. I can see the target.

    Я бачу мету.

    ruЯ вижу цель.

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  4. This is our primary target.

    Це наша основна мета.

    ruЭто наша основная цель.

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  5. You're aiming too low to hit the target.

    Ви цілитеся занизько, щоб влучити.

    deDu zielst zu niedrig auf das Ziel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
butt or mark to shoot at:
goal or objective:
Русский
By meaning 2
butt or mark to shoot at:
goal or objective:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
butt or mark to shoot at:

Origin

From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old Fren

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”).

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Forms

plural: targets
Singulartarget
Pluraltargets

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
translated version:target language
Close in meaning
  • sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at:butt
  • a reference point to shoot at:mark
  • the location of the target that is to be hit:target area
  • a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence:preyquarryfair game
  • the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable):aimobjectobjective

Word family

54 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • missed the target
  • hit the target
  • at the target

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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