target

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a result or amount that you are trying to achieve.

n. a desired goal, objective, or level of performance that an individual or organisation intends to reach.

日本語:目標※

“The sales team reached their monthly target two days before the deadline.”

“The government has set an ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions by fifty percent within the next decade.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. a person or thing that is being attacked or criticized.

n. a person, entity, or location that is the object of criticism, ridicule, or physical attack.

日本語:標的※

“The politician became a target for jokes after his embarrassing mistake.”

“The CEO found himself the primary target of shareholder frustration following the announcement of the quarterly losses.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Academic

n. the specific group of people that a product or message is made for.

n. the specific demographic or audience toward which a marketing campaign or communication is directed.

“The target for this new video game is teenagers who enjoy sports.”

“The advertising agency identified young professionals as the primary target for the luxury car campaign.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Mathematics Technical

n. the set of possible results for a mathematical function.

n. the codomain of a function; the set into which all of the outputs of the function are constrained to fall.

“In this equation, the target of the function is the set of all real numbers.”

“The student struggled to distinguish between the actual range of the function and its formal target set.”

B1 · Intermediate

v. to aim a weapon or a comment at a specific person or thing.

v. to direct a weapon, remark, or action toward a specific object or individual. Transitive — always takes a direct object.

“The missiles were programmed to target the enemy's communication towers.”

“The investigators decided to target the financial records of the company to find evidence of the fraud.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to direct an advertisement or a product toward a specific group of people.

v. to tailor or direct resources, such as marketing or social programmes, toward a specific demographic.

“The new health campaign will target smokers who want to quit.”

“The charity aims to target its aid toward rural communities that have been isolated by the recent floods.”

C1 · Advanced Computing Technical

v. to design software so that it works on a specific type of computer or system.

v. to configure or compile software code to be compatible with a specific hardware architecture or operating system.

“The developers are targeting the latest mobile operating system for their new app.”

“By targeting the ARM architecture, the software can run efficiently on a wide range of modern portable devices.”