target

noun

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   A goal or objective.

   They have a target to finish the project by November.

3. 3

   An object of criticism or ridicule.

4. 4

   A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.

5. 5

   A kind of shield: A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

   These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target, thus.

6. 6

   obsoleteA kind of shield: A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

   The Target (x) or Buckler (y) was carried by the heavy armed foot, it anſwered to the ſcutum of the Romans; its form was ſometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.

7. 7

   A kind of shield: A bearing representing a buckler.

   The fourth field is also party per pale, and for the dutchy of Genevois, contains chequered Or and azure: The sinister for the dutchy of Montserat, a target, gules. The point Or is a black eagle of the county of Maurienne.

8. 8

   The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

   He made a good target.

9. 9

   The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

10. 10

    A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

11. 11

    the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

12. 12

    The tenor of a metaphor.

13. 13

    The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.

    Coordinate term: source

14. 14

    The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

    Do you charge by source or target?

15. 15

    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.

16. 16

    datedA thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

17. 17

    obsoleteA tassel or pendant.

18. 18

    obsoleteA shred; a tatter.

19. 19

    A system or platform for which software is developed.

verb

1. 1

   To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

2. 2

   figurativeTo aim for as an audience or demographic.

   The advertising campaign targeted older women.

3. 3

   To produce code suitable for.

   This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.

Forms

plural

targets

past tense

targeted, targetted

past participle

targeted, targetted

present participle

targeting, targetting

third person singular

targets