See also: Goal

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From Middle English gol (boundary, limit), from Old English gāl (obstacle, barrier, marker), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe), 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).

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goal (plural goals)

  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
    My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
    She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
    • 2013 November 2, “A shrinking slice”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8860:
      The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.
  2. (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
    fans behind the goal
    play in goal
  3. (sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.
    miss a goal
    concede a goal
    let in a goal
  4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
    score a goal
    • 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:
      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.
  5. (linguistics, grammar) 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. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

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goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

  1. (Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.

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Borrowing from English goal.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoːl/, [ɡoːl]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: goal

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goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

  1. goal, target in sports, especially soccer
  2. a hit in it, a point scored

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Borrowed from English goal.

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goal m (plural goals)

  1. goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
    Synonyms: gardien de but, gardien m, portier m
  2. (rare) target in those sports
    Synonym: but m

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Borrowed from English goal.

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goal m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of gol

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From Middle Irish gall (foreigner), from Latin Gallus.

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goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

  1. Scottish lowlander
  2. foreigner

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goal ghoal ngoal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.