Topic: SPORT
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | gol 'limit, boundary' (1300-1400) |
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goal S2 W1
[countable]
[countable]1 something that you hope to achieve in the future [= aim]:
set (yourself/somebody) a goal (=decide what you or someone else should try to achieve)
long-term goal/short-term goal (=that you hope to achieve after a long or short time)
2DS the area between two posts where the ball must go in order to score in games such as football or hockey
3DS the action of making the ball go into a goal, or the score gained by doing this :
