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target domain

target domain noun: within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain that we try to understand in terms of source domain.

Noun

target domain (plural target domains)

  1. Within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain that we try to understand in terms of source domain.

Forms of target domain

pluraltarget domains

Questions about target domain

What does target domain mean?
Target domain means within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain that we try to understand in terms of source domain.
What part of speech is target domain?
Target domain is a noun.
What is the plural of target domain?
The plural of target domain is target domains.

Words near target domain in the dictionary

  1. target audiences
  2. target cell
  3. target cells
  4. target control
  5. target controls
  6. target domain
  7. target domains
  8. target for tonight
  9. target girl
  10. target girls
  11. target group

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Adapted from Wiktionary: target domain (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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