target in English: The thing you aim at, or the result you are trying to reach. (noun)

Translation

The thing you aim at, or the result you are trying to reach.

Word origin

From Old French targe, meaning a small round shield of the kind soldiers once practised against.

Gender

Pluraltargets

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A target is the round board an arrow is aimed at.

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Here "target" is a number the group wants to reach.

sales .

"Miss a target" means you did not reach it.

aim

The thing you want to do or reach when you try to do something.

goal

Something that you want to do and try hard to reach in the future.

hit

To move your hand or an object quickly and hard against something.

plan

An idea about what you will do and how you will do it before you start.

shoot

To fire a gun, or to send something fast through the air at a target.

shot

The firing of a gun, or the sound it makes. It is also the past form of the verb "shoot".

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