goal

CEFRA1

/ɡəʊl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something you hope to achieve or a point scored in sport.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To do with sports, In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

Examples

  • Scoring a goal in the final minute won the championship game.

  • The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɡoɫ]
  • /ɡoʊl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.

  2. To do with sports

  3. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

More examples

In context

  • You must not lose sight of your goal in life.

  • His goal is to become a YouTuber.

  • My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).