target

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A goal or result that you aim to achieve.

   The team set a target of selling a thousand tickets this month.

2. 2
   noun

   An object, person, or place that someone aims at or attacks.

   The soldiers fired at the target on the practice field.

3. 3
   verb

   To aim something at a particular group of people.

   The advertising campaign targeted young families.

4. 4
   noun

   A person or group that an organization tries to reach or win over.

   Teenagers are the main target for the new app.

Common collocations

• target practice Noun + noun

From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).

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