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Definition of goal:
- 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.
- The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
- 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.
Synonyms:
intent, tendency, study at intention, remainder, coating, finish, refinement, destruction, close, ending, terminal, meaning, why and wherefore, cultivation, oddment, planned, finale, finis, destination, final stage, terminus, determination, mark, polish, point, inclination, purpose, finishing, death, closing, why, end, view, last, address, conclusion, stopping point, culture, design, name and address, end in view, remnant.
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intention (part of speech: noun)
- expectation,
- policy,
- scheme,
- prospectus,
- will,
- endeavor,
- calculation,
- object,
- schedule,
- agenda,
- strategy,
- forethought,
- plan,
- forecast,
- ambition,
- procedure,
- choice,
- scenario,
- intention,
- consideration,
- idea,
- wish,
- approach,
- aim,
- proposal
- pursuit (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
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There has been but one goal always: the making of money.
- "Flamsted quarries", Mary E. Waller. -
But if James was right that most of them had come in blind flight with no goal at all then the Earth colony of Serrengia would be dead long before the ships came again.
- "The Colonists", Raymond F. Jones. -
He could take Cassap's place on left wing and let Cassap take goal.
- "The Major", Ralph Connor.