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Antonyms for goal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gohl
Phonetic Transcription : goÊŠl

Definition of goal

Origin :
  • 1530s, "end point of a race," of uncertain origin. The noun gol appears once before this, in a poem from early 14c. and with an apparent sense of "boundary, limit." Perhaps from Old English *gal "obstacle, barrier," a word implied by gælan "to hinder." Or from Old French gaule "a pole," from Germanic; or a figurative use of Middle English gale "a way, course." Sports sense of "place where the ball is put to score" is attested from 1540s. Figurative sense of "object of an effort" is from 1540s.
  • noun aim, purpose of an action
Example sentences :
  • For a race which has the infinite as its goal the word must be on and on.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He was more than usually polite to the major: he was in the army, the goal of his aspiration!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • So it was all the way, and he gave a glad shout as he touched the goal post.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Now they were near the goal, and Leotichides was still leading by a stride.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Yet he had not arrived, and John was at the goal before him.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The coachman, nearing the goal, had given the horse his head.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • For no goal within his parish would a hired carriage be needed.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I believe they are the goal of all goodness and of all God's work and wish.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Meanwhile the motor which passed Newbury and Coryston in the park had sped to its goal.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • My goal was London, but I was unwilling to go thither empty-handed.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for goal

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