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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgol(boundary, limit), fromOld English*gāl(obstacle, barrier, marker), suggested by its derivativesOld Englishgǣlan(to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe), andhyġegǣls(hesitating, slow, sluggish),hyġegǣlsa(slow one, sluggish one). Possibly cognate withLithuaniangãlas(end),Latviangals(end),Old Prussiangallan(death),Albanianngalem(to be limping, lame, paralyzed),ngel(to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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goal (pluralgoals)

  1. A result that one isattempting toachieve.
    My lifelonggoal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
    Hisgoal is to become a Youtuber.
    She failed in hergoal to become captain of the team.
    • 2013 November 2, “A shrinking slice”, inThe Economist, volume409, number8860:
      Thegoal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.
  2. (sports) In manysports, an area into which theplayers attempt to put an object.
    The racers are approaching thegoal.
    fans behind thegoal
    play ingoal
    The ball rolled slowly into thegoal.
    He hit thegoal 20 yards away.
  3. (sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.
    miss agoal
    concede agoal
    let in agoal
  4. Apointscored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
    score agoal
    • 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, inBBC Sport:
      The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22ndgoal of the season.
  5. (linguistics, grammar) A noun ornoun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or thedirect object of an active verb. Also called apatient,target, orundergoer.

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English terms starting with “goal”

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Descendants

Translations

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result one is attempting to achieve
in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object
(sport) act of placing the object into the goal
point(s) scored

Verb

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goal (third-person singular simple presentgoals,present participlegoaling,simple past and past participlegoaled)

  1. (Gaelic football, Australian rules football) Toscore agoal.

Translations

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to score a goal

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowing fromEnglishgoal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoːl/,[ɡoːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:goal

Noun

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goal m (pluralgoals,diminutivegoaltje n)

  1. goal, target in sports, especially soccer
  2. ahit in it, apoint scored

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishgoal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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goal m (pluralgoals)

  1. goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
    Synonyms:gardien de but,gardien m,portier m
  2. (rare)target in those sports
    Synonym:but m

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishgoal.

Noun

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goal m (invariable)

  1. alternative spelling ofgol

Anagrams

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Manx

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Irishgall(foreigner), fromLatinGallus.

Noun

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goal m (genitive singulargoal,pluralgoallynorgoaldee)

  1. Scottishlowlander
  2. foreigner

Related terms

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Mutation

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Mutation ofgoal
radicallenitioneclipsis
goalghoalngoal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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