goal
/ɡɒl//ɡəʊl/
goal noun: a result that one is attempting to achieve.
Noun
goal (plural goals)
- A result that one is attempting to achieve.
- My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
- His goal is to become a YouTuber.
- Synonyms:
- ambition
- In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
- The racers are approaching the goal.
- fans behind the goal
- The act of placing the object into the goal.
- miss a goal
- concede a goal
- A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- score a goal
- The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport
- A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb.
- The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb.
Verb
goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)
- To score a goal.
goal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
goal in Hindi
- result one is attempting to achieve
- ठिकाना ṭhikānā, लक्ष्य lakṣya, मक़सद maqsad, उद्देश्य uddeśya, हदफ़ hadaf, निशाना niśānā
goal in Tamil
- குறிக்கோள், நோக்கம், எண்ணியம், இலக்கு, முடிவு, வெற்றிக்கான கூறு
goal in Marathi
- goal, aim
- लक्ष्य lakṣya, ध्येय dhyey, उद्देश uddeś
goal in Urdu
- result one is attempting to achieve
- مَقْصَد maqsad, ہَدَف hadaf
More languagesFewer languages
- goal in Bengali
- লক্ষ্য lokkkho
- goal in Telugu
- లక్ష్యం lakṣyaṁ, గోలు gōlu
- goal in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ദേശ്യം uddēśyaṁ, ഉദ്ദേശം uddēśaṁ
- goal in Kannada
- ಗುರಿ guri
- goal in Gujarati
- ધ્યેય dhyeya
- goal in Sanskrit
- उद्देश uddeśa
- goal in Nepali
- गोल gol
- goal in Pashto
- هدف hadáf, مقصد maqsád
- goal in Arabic
- هَدَف hadaf, مَقْصَد maqṣad, غَايَة ḡāya, مَرْمًى marman
- goal in Malay
- tujuan
- goal in Indonesian
- tujuan, sasaran, cita-cita, gawang
- goal in Persian
- گل کردن gol kardan
- goal in Thai
- เป้าหมาย bpâo-mǎai, ประตู bprà-dtuu, แต้ม dtɛ̂ɛm
- goal in Vietnamese
- mục tiêu, mục đích, cầu môn, gôn
- goal in Myanmar
- ရည်မှန်းချက် ranyhman:hkyak, ဦးတည်ချက် u:tanyhkyak
Examples of goal in a sentence
- She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
- The ball rolled slowly into the goal.
- He hit the goal 20 yards away.
- a left-footed shot on goal
- The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms.2013 November 2, “A shrinking slice”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8860:
Synonyms of goal
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Forms of goal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | goals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | goals |
| present participle | goaling |
| past participle | goaled |
| past | goaled |
Origin of goal
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).
Words formed from goal
- antigoal
- any hole's a goal
- away goal
- basketball goal
- captain's goal
- consolation goal
- distal goal
- drop goal
- dropped goal
- empty-net goal
- end goal
- field goal → field goal percentage
- ghost goal
- goal area
- goal attack
- goal average
- goalball
- goalbound
- goalbox
- goal cage
- goal celebration
- goal contribution
- goal defence
- goal difference
- goal-directed
- goaler
- goalfest
- goalframe
- goal-getter
- goalgetter
- goalhanger
- goalie
- goalish
- goal judge
- goalkeeper
- goal kick
- goalkicker
- goalkicking
- goalless
- goal line
- goal-line
- goal machine
- goalminder
- goalmouth
- goalodicy
- goal-oriented
- goalpost → move the goalposts
- goalscorer
- goalscoring
- goal setting
- goal shooter
- goalside
- goalsneak
- goalsquare
- goal square
- goal suck
- goal-suck
- goaltend
- goaltender
- goaltending
Phrases with goal
- in goal
- own goal
- goal post
- life goal
- open goal
- self goal
- field goal
- goal areas
- goal cages
- goal kicks
- goal lines
- goal posts
37 more phrasesFewer phrases
- goal sucks
- goal third
- squad goal
- goal judges
- goal keeper
- goal thirds
- goal umpire
- golden goal
- silver goal
- goal attacks
- goal keepers
- goal squares
- goal umpires
- Olympic goal
- opening goal
- penalty goal
- phantom goal
- shot on goal
- stretch goal
- goal averages
- goal machines
- goal shooters
- shots on goal
- empty net goal
- insurance goal
- goal differences
- goal celebrations
- goal contributions
- move the goal posts
- moved the goal posts
- moves the goal posts
- field goal percentage
- moving the goal posts
- field goal percentages
- Millennium Development Goal
- if there's a hole, there's a goal
- if there is a hole, there is a goal
Words that rhyme with goal
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- parole
- toll
- dole
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- stroll
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- prole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- dhole
- droll
- extol
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- kohl
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about goal
- What does goal mean?
- Goal means a result that one is attempting to achieve.
- What is goal in Hindi?
- Goal in Hindi is ठिकाना (ṭhikānā), लक्ष्य (lakṣya), मक़सद (maqsad). See Goal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use goal in a sentence?
- She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
- What part of speech is goal?
- Goal can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce goal?
- Goal is pronounced /ɡəʊl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of goal?
- The plural of goal is goals.
Words near goal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goal (page history and authors); goal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उद्देश (Marathi) (page history and authors); ഉദ്ദേശം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಗುರಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ધ્યેય (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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