TARGET
Dictionary entry overview: What does target mean?
• TARGET (noun)
The noun TARGET has 5 senses:
1. a reference point to shoot at
2. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
3. the location of the target that is to be hit
4. sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
5. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
Familiarity information: TARGET used as a noun is common.
• TARGET (verb)
The verb TARGET has 1 sense:
1. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Familiarity information: TARGET used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TARGET (noun)
Meaning:
A reference point to shoot at
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
target; mark
Context example:
his arrow hit the mark
Hypernyms ("target" is a kind of...):
point of reference; reference; reference point (an indicator that orients you generally)
Meronyms (parts of "target"):
bull; bull's eye (the center of a target)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target"):
drogue (a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane)
clout (a target used in archery)
Meaning:
A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fair game; prey; quarry; target
Context examples:
he fell prey to muggers / everyone was fair game / the target of a manhunt
Hypernyms ("target" is a kind of...):
victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)
Meaning:
The location of the target that is to be hit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
target area; target
Hypernyms ("target" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target"):
ground zero (the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile))
Meaning:
Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
target; butt
Hypernyms ("target" is a kind of...):
sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target"):
clay pigeon (target used in skeet or trapshooting)
Meaning:
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
objective; aim; object; target
Context example:
the sole object of her trip was to see her children
Hypernyms ("target" is a kind of...):
end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target"):
grail (the object of any prolonged endeavor)
business (an immediate objective)
point (the object of an activity)
thing (a special objective)
• TARGET (verb)
Meaning:
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
target; direct; aim; place; point
Context examples:
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face / criticism directed at her superior / direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Hypernyms (to "target" is one way to...):
aim; direct; take; take aim; train (aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "target"):
address (direct a question at someone)
home in; range in; zero in (direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
