goal

Meghatározások

1. Főnév

   Something you want to achieve.

   Példák

   • My main goal is to learn English well.
   • His goal is to run a marathon.
   ≈ambition
2. Főnév

   In sports, the place where players try to put the ball or puck.

   Példák

   • The runners are approaching the goal.
   • Fans stood behind the goal.
3. Főnév

   The act of putting the ball into the goal.

   Példák

   • He missed the goal by a small margin.
   • The team let in a goal late in the game.
4. Főnév

   A point scored by putting the ball into the goal.

   Példák

   • She scored a goal in the last minute.
   • It was his twentieth goal of the season.
5. Főnév

   In grammar, the word or phrase that receives the action of a verb.

   Példák

   • In the sentence She kicked the ball, the ball is the goal.
   • The goal of the sentence feels the action of the verb.
6. Főnév

   In grammar, the thing that the action of a verb is done to.

   Példák

   • In The ball was kicked, ball is the goal.
   • Linguists call the thing most affected by the action the goal.
   ≈patient≈target≈undergoer
7. Ige

   To score a goal.

   Példák

   • He goaled twice in the second half.
   • She goaled from thirty yards out.