Synonyms for targets

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahr-git

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr gɪt

Top 10 synonyms for targets

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Définition of targets

Origin : c.1400, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield," from Frankish *targa "shield" (cf. Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge, Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield"), from Proto-Germanic *targo "border, edge." Meaning "object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery. Target audience is by 1951, early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.

noun aim, goal
noun person as object of ridicule

Example sentences :

It was in the grounds of this house that targets were first shot by the Society.
Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton

He's with the batteries, sir, giving them targets from their new positions.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

I'll dash along and work out the targets with Major Bartlett.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

Then you could have got into touch with the infantry and asked them for targets.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

Or perhaps it was the very abundance of targets that made me behave so foolishly.
Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter

We should only volunteer for targets if we attempted to stir outside our stockade.
Extract from : « Marjorie » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

It should be remembered that depth of beaten zone can affect only targets which have depth.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

Targets will be arranged to simulate one of the classes enumerated.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

Jeb, who had thought more of his targets than of her return!
Extract from : « Where the Souls of Men are Calling » by Credo Harris

What they accomplished was the provision of a fine accumulation of targets.
Extract from : « Talents, Incorporated » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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