Definition of goals Goals
/gowˈlz/ - [gowlz] -
We found 3 definitions of goals from 2 different sources.
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What does goals mean?
Wiktionary 
- goals (Noun)
Plural of goal.
Part of speech
🔤- goals, noun, plural of goal.
WordNet
NounPlural: goals |
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| goal - 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" | ||
| end | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| plan of action a plan for actively doing something | ||
| objective, aim, object, target the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed | ||
| bourn, bourne an archaic term for a goal or destination | ||
| end-all the ultimate goal; "human beings are not the end-all of evolution" | ||
| destination, terminus the ultimate goal for which something is done | ||
| no-goal a nonexistent goal; "he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal" | ||
| intent, intention, purpose, aim, design the intended meaning of a communication | ||
| goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | ||
| game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | ||
| bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | ||
| basketball hoop, basket, hoop a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop | ||
| goalpost one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | ||
| goal - a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" | ||
| score the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" | ||
| goal - the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" | ||
| finish, destination | ||
| terminal, end station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | ||
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Wiktionary
- goal (Noun)
A result that one is attempting to achieve. - goal (Noun)
In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. - goal (Noun)
The act of placing the object into the goal. - goal (Noun)
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal. - goal (Noun)
A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- goal (n.)
The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end. - goal (n.)
The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain. - goal (n.)
A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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goal
What one wants to achieve. -
goal
Place where a ball or puck needs to be entered into to score points in a game. -
goal
To score a point in a game. -
goal
A successful attempt at scoring.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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goal
gōl, n. a mark set up to bound a race: the winning-post—also the starting-post: the end aimed at: the two upright posts between which the ball is kicked in the game of football: the act of sending the ball between or over the goal-posts: an end or aim. [Fr. gaule, a pole; prob. of Teut. origin, as Old Fris. walu, a staff, Goth. walus; but acc. to Littré from L. vallus, a stake.]
Wikipedia 
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ice hockey
A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. A goal is scored when a puck completely crosses the goal line within the goal net.
Part of speech
🔤- goal, noun, singular of goals.
