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Synonyms for goals

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gohl
Phonetic Transcription : goÊŠl

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Définition of goals

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 :
  • Outlawry, piracy, smugglery, were all goals too small for such operations.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • These goals cannot be obtained on any basis other than the welfare of the workers.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • They sullenly turned on their heels and walked behind the goals.
  • Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • No doubt, their greatest fault had been to set their goals too high.
  • Extract from : « The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 » by Wesley Frank Craven
  • "But two goals to nothing is a halter-long lead," said Kittiwynk, prancing.
  • Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
  • If so, might the goals of the nurse be imposed on the one nursed?
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • Like Wolsey, he aimed at being Pope above all his other goals.
  • Extract from : « Cathedral Cities of France » by Herbert Marshall
  • More and more, the IMF looks anachronistic (not to say archaic) and its goals untenable.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Unfortunately, all these goals are best achieved by engaging in warfare.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • More and more, the IMF looks anachronistic and its goals untenable.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

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