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Politics : MONKEY IN THE WHITE HOUSE
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From: 10K a day8/20/2005 9:39:39 AM
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goal Audio pronunciation of "goal" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gl)
n.

1. The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed; an objective. See Synonyms at intention.
2. Sports.
1. The finish line of a race.
2. A specified structure or zone into or over which players endeavor to advance a ball or puck.
3. The score awarded for such an act.
3. Linguistics.
1. A noun or noun phrase referring to the place to which something moves.
2. See patient.

[Middle English gol, boundary, possibly from Old English *gl, barrier.]

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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goal

n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: end] 2: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" 3: game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points 4: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

goal

<programming> In logic programming, a predicate applied to
its arguments which the system attempts to prove by matching
it against the clauses of the program. A goal may fail or
it may succeed in one or more ways.

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