goal
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1.0
- noun
- /ɡoʊl/
:
gol
- I remind myself that I scored the winning goal in the last game of the summer.
- score a goal
- goal scoring
- winning goal
So from there carried on playing, scoring goals, still, still scoring goals.
- So from there carried on playing, scoring goals, still, still scoring goals.
- Make your debut, score some goals, stay in the team, play for your country.
- Navy side, I scored another two goals against them.
- And yet he was able to play football, smile, score goals, play aggressively.
- Polk is the only one that could score that goal, right.
- That was a pretty freaking goal Tat time.
- So we need to win for three goals and we will eventually get lost.
Examples
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You scored the game-winning goal against Cornwall.
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Vincent and Louis cheered as if they had just witnessed the goal of the century.
Fiction book (1997) -
There is only one way to score a goal: you put the ball in the net.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thanks again for that field goal last Monday night, by the way.
Fiction book (2000) -
England trail by two goals to one.
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We gotta score the winning goal.
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Paul Henderson scored the winning goal with thirty-four seconds to go in the final period.
Fiction book (1996) -
They've conceded two goals in quick succession without reply.
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During the soccer match, the players celebrated after scoring a goal into the net.
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The striker's header found the back of the net, giving the team their second goal of the match.
Synonyms
377
3.6
Scoring by carrying or catching the ball in the opponent's end zone
52
3.0
Points a team gets by kicking the ball between the other team's goalposts
Compounds
1
3.6
A kick by the defending team from the goal area to restart play after the ball crosses the goal line
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Goal likely comes from an old word gol meaning 'boundary' or 'limit', so a 'goal' as a point scored is when the ball or puck crosses that marked area.