GOAL: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English gol boundary, limit
Date: 1531


1. the terminal point of a race, an area to be reached safely in children's games, the end toward which effort is directed ; aim ,

3. an area or object toward which players in various games attempt to advance a ball or puck and usually through or into which it must go to score points, the act or action of causing a ball or puck to go through or into such a goal, the score resulting from such an act, see: intention goal intransitive verb goalless adjective