Definition of Goals. Meaning of Goals. Synonyms of Goals

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Definition of Goals

Goal
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.

Meaning of Goals from wikipedia

- also refer to: Goal (sports), a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs Goals, the goal frame in ****ociation...
- members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" –...
- the following ways: goals direct attention and effort toward goal-relevant activities, difficult goals lead to greater effort, goals increase persistence...
- Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton, and his goals-to-games ratio remains one of the best for the country. His six goals in the 1986 World Cup made him the tournament's...
- the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium...
- Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water...
- scorer with an estimated 805 goals, although CNN, the BBC, France 24, and O Jogo all acknowledge that Bican's tally includes goals scored for reserve teams...
- men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals List of one-club men in ****ociation football List...
- Dunne with 10 own goals in his career and the most own goals by a club is held by English team Everton F.C. The most infamous own goal was perhaps that...
- home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" win the tiebreaker...