3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goal \Goal\, n. [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German
origin; cf Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel.
v["o]lr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]
1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the
constestants run, or from which they start to return to it
again the place at which a race or a journey is to end
Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With
rapid wheels. --Milton.
2. The final purpose or aim the end to which a design tends,
or which a person aims to reach or attain.
Each individual seeks a several goal. --Pope.
3. A base, station, or bound used in various games; in
football, a line between two posts across which the ball
must pass in order to score; also the act of kicking the
ball over the line between the goal posts.
{Goal keeper}, the player charged with the defense of the
goal.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
goal
n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and
that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to
achieve it "the ends justify the means" [syn: {end}]
2: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with
less than a minute left to play"
3: a place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball
or puck in order to score points
4: place where something (e.g., a journey or race) ends [syn: {destination}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
goal
In {logic programming}, a {predicate} applied to
its {arguments} which the system attempts to prove by matching
it against the {clauses} of the program. A goal may fail or
it may succeed in one or more ways.
(1997-07-14)
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