# targeting

Pronunciation: US say "TAR-git-ing" /ˈtɑɹɡɪtɪŋ/; say "TAH-git-ing" UK /ˈtɑːɡɪtɪŋ/, AUS /ˈtɐːɡɪtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of target. — present participle and gerund of target
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of target. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.
   - _The campaign is targeting first-time voters in rural districts._
   - _Targeting the wrong market cost the startup its early funding._

## Noun

2. A single act or instance of selecting a person or thing as a target or focus.
   - Simple: An act of choosing a person or thing to aim at or focus on.
   - _The report condemned the deliberate targeting of hospitals during the war._
   - _Each targeting of a new audience was tested before the launch._

## Adjective

3. Concerned with moving a protein or placing it correctly inside or outside a specific region of a cell.
   - Simple: Helping to move a protein to the right place in or out of a part of a cell.
   - _The targeting sequence directs the newly made protein to the mitochondria._
   - _Researchers altered the targeting domain so the protein would stay in the nucleus._

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