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Synonyms for target

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahr-git
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr gɪt

Top 10 synonyms for target
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Définition of target

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 :
  • He could follow his target as though a magnetic power attracted his rifle.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And their target is fairly protected and at least partially hidden.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Huh, that ain't sayin' much, when like as not the target was a barn!
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • He fired at the target, and made a bull's-eye, much to his surprise and delight.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • This time the Majestic was taken as the target for a torpedo and she went down.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • He knows that at a given moment his target will be at a given point.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • I made no more ado, but took all their seven points in my target, thus.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • It seemed to me that it was Hephzy's time to play the target.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But the knowledge of his deadliness kept him from being made a target.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
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