target
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
target/ˈtɑːɡɪt/
▶noun
- 1 a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.
■ a round or rectangular board marked with concentric circles, aimed at in archery or shooting.
- 2 an objective or result towards which efforts are directed: a sales target.
- 3 historical a small round shield or buckler.
■ aim or direct (something).
– phrases
on (or off) target succeeding (or not succeeding) in hitting or achieving the thing aimed at.
on (or off) target succeeding (or not succeeding) in hitting or achieving the thing aimed at.
– derivatives
targetable adjective.
targetable adjective.
'target' also found in these Oxford entries:
accurate
- adrift
- aim
- air raid
- at
- Aunt Sally
- ballistic missile
- bracket
- bullseye
- butt
- clay pigeon
- clout
- cockshy
- connect
- cruise missile
- dartboard
- dive-bomb
- do
- draw
- easy
- fair
- fall
- gold
- heat-seeking
- hit
- homing
- inner
- kamikaze
- lock
- magpie
- mark
- marked
- missile
- near miss
- offer document
- on
- OTE
- outer
- overshoot
- overthrow
- pitch
- plaster
- plink
- point-blank
- projectile
- proximity fuse
- raise
- range
- reposition
- retail politics
