target meaning
EN
[ˈtɑɹɡɪt] [ˈtʰɑɹɡɪt̚] [tɑːɡɪt] 
US WTarget
- Target may refer to:
- NounPLtargets
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- Take careful aim at the target.
- A goal or objective.
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- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- OBS A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
- (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- He made a good target.
- (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win.
- (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
- (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- Do you charge by source or target?
- A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
- Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.
- (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
- (Scotland) OBS A tassel or pendant.
- (Scotland) OBS A shred; a tatter.
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- VerbSGtargetsPRtargetingPRtargettingPT, PPtargetedPT, PPtargetted
- VT To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- VT (figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
- The advertising campaign targeted older women.
- VT (computing) To produce code suitable for.
- This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.
- VT To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The second quartile's figures were off target by 30%.
- Additionally, patients with known infarction in the territory subtended by the target vessel and bifurcational stenoses were excluded.
- The skin over the skull was incised, and a small hole was made in the skull above the target using a microdrill.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Target proteins were identified using primary antibodies and immunoprobed using a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody and chemiluminescent substrate.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The second quartile's figures were right on target.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of target in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "target" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.