# goal

Pronunciation: say "GOHL" US /ɡoʊl/, UK /ɡəʊl/

## Noun

1. A result that someone is trying to achieve.
   - Simple: Something you want to do or reach in the future.
   - _His long-term goal is to start his own business._
   - _The committee set several goals for the coming year._
2. The act of getting the ball or puck into the goal during play, or the point scored by doing it.
   - Simple: When a player gets the ball or puck into the goal, or the point they win for doing it.
   - _The striker celebrated after scoring his second goal of the match._
   - _Both goals came from corner kicks in the second half._
3. An area in many sports into which players try to put the ball or other object.
   - Simple: The net or area where players try to put a ball, puck, or other object to score.
   - _The defender cleared the ball away from the goal._
   - _The striker had an open goal in front of him, but he somehow sent the ball over the bar._

## Verb

4. To score a goal in a game.
   - Simple: To score by getting the ball into the goal.
   - _The forward goaled from a tight angle near the boundary._
   - _Players who goal consistently earn their place in the side._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In grammar, a noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb: the subject of a passive verb or the object of an active one.

## Origin

From Middle English gol ("boundary, limit"), from an Old English word *gāl ("obstacle, barrier, marker"), suggested by related Old English words meaning to hinder or delay. It is possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas and Latvian gals ("end").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/goal (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).