goal
n. countablen. something you hope to achieve in the future. It is also the point you score in games like soccer when you put the ball in the net.
n. an objective or target that a person or organization strives to achieve. In a sporting context, it refers to the physical structure or area into which players must send a ball or puck to score points.
My main goal is to learn ten new words every day.
The striker kicked the ball into the net to score the winning goal in the final minute.
While short-term objectives are necessary for daily operations, the company's ultimate goal remains the complete transition to renewable energy sources by the end of the decade.
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), 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”).
Commonly used with verbs like 'achieve', 'reach', or 'set'. In sports, it often takes the verb 'score'.