goal

Examples

• All

• Let's say you have a goal, OK, any goal.

• So I think that's a pretty darn good goal for one month.

• The point is, here is my goal right now.

• Like what are your ultimate goals with that?

  Chris Williamson

• But while closer integration has long been a goal, these efforts have not been successful.

  Academic text (2013)

• Now in its fifth year, the program's goal is to raise a healthier generation of kids.

  Academic text (2015)

• So like that's one of our goals this coming year.

  Ryan Pineda

• Let's see, what is my goal with writing my screenplay?

• What is the big end goal with Shrine and Raphi?

• My main goal this year is to improve my fitness and run a marathon.

Synonyms

E

end

vsgoal

808 1.0

The aim of a plan or action

focuses on the final outcome people aim to produce through planning

I

intention

vsgoal

709 2.2

A plan or purpose for what you will do

is the concrete outcome meant to be produced through effort and planning

O

objective

vsgoal

509 3.7

A goal a person or group wants to achieve

is the broad intended outcome achieved through effort and planning

T

target

vsgoal

487 1.6

A goal a person or group tries to reach

is the intended result that may be broader than a measurable aim

A

ambition

vsgoal

310 2.8

A strong wish to achieve something important to you

is the planned result someone works for not the mere desire

A

aspiration

vsgoal

110 4.2

A strong wish to reach an important goal

is the intended concrete result reached by effort rather than wanting it

O

object

vsgoal

• Formal

85 3.7

A goal someone wants to reach

is the intended result to be achieved not the motivating reason

D

destination

vsgoal

45 2.6

The goal someone wants to reach

is a general intended outcome rather than the final endpoint

E

end-all

vsgoal

2 6.8

The most important goal or purpose of something

refers to the intended outcome achieved through effort rather than the finality

Antonyms

F

failure

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

Compounds

F

field goal

• US

52 3.0

Points a team gets by kicking the ball between the other team's goalposts

G

goal line

18 1.8

A line at the end of a sports field that shows where players score

F

field goal

9 3.3

A basket scored during play by throwing the ball through the other team's hoop

W

winning goal

5 1.9

A goal that gives one team victory in a game

F

financial goal

3 3.5

A clear plan to save or spend money for a future purpose

G

game-winning field goal

• US

2 3.4

A goal kicked near the end of a game that gives the team the win

O

own goal

1 3.7

Accidentally put the ball into your own team's net, giving the other team a point

G

goal-kick

1 3.6

A kick by the defending team from the goal area to restart play after the ball crosses the goal line

G

goal-kick

• UK

6.6

An attempt to score by kicking the ball between the goalposts

How Ambitious

ambition

310 2.8

to vision

1 5.9

goal

∞ 1.0

objective

509 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology