goal
/ɡoʊl/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.06 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
noun
To do with sports
noun
To do with sports
noun
To do with sports
noun
To do with grammar
noun
To do with grammar
verb
To score a goal.
Example Sentences
- "My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie."
- "His goal is to become a YouTuber."
- "She failed in her goal to become captain of the team."
- "The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows."
- "The racers are approaching the goal."
- "fans behind the goal"
Etymology
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡoʊl/
- British English: /ɡəʊl/