GOALS

n. target, aim; destination; purpose; place into which a player must put a ball in order to score points against the opposing team (Sports); point scored (Sports)

Noun
1. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
(synonym) end
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) aim, object, objective, target
(part-holonym) plan of action
2. a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"
(hypernym) score
(hyponym) own goal
3. game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
(hypernym) game equipment
(hyponym) basket, basketball hoop, hoop
(part-meronym) bar
4. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"
(synonym) finish, destination
(hypernym) end
(hyponym) finishing line, finish line

n. goal, aim, target

n. goal, place into which a player must put a ball in order to score points against the opposing team (Sports)

<programming> In logic programming, a predicate applied to its arguments which the system attempts to prove by matching it against the clauses of the program. A goal may fail or it may succeed in one or more ways.
(1997-07-14)