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goal
English
Etymology
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *g?l (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English g?lan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hy?eg?ls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hy?eg?lsa (“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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???l/, /???l/, /???l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Noun
goal (plural goals)
- A result that one is attempting to achieve.
- (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
- The act of placing the object into the goal.
- A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
Synonyms
- (a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Derived terms
Pages starting with “goal”.
- goalball
- goal difference
- goalie
- goalkeeper
- goalgetter
- goalpost
- goaltender
- goal umpire
- golden goal
- silver goal
- subgoal
Descendants
Translations
Verb
goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)
- (Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.
Anagrams
- Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, gaol
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from English goal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?l/, [?o?l]
- Hyphenation: goal
Noun
goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)
- goal, target in sports, especially soccer
- a hit in it, a point scored
Synonyms
- (target): doel n
- (hit): doelpunt n
Derived terms
- goalpaal
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English goal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ol/
Noun
goal m (plural goals)
- goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
- (rare) target in those sports
Synonyms
- (goalkeeper): gardien de but, gardien m, portier m
- (target): but m
Further reading
- “goal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- algo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English goal.
Noun
goal m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of gol
Anagrams
- gola, lago
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish Gall (“Gaul, Scandinavian, Anglo-Norman, foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.
Noun
goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)
- Scottish lowlander
- foreigner
Related terms
- Goal
Mutation
goal From the web:
- what goal does taxonomy accomplish
- what goals should i have
- what goals did liberals have
- what goals should i set for myself
- what goals should i set
- what goal of the preamble is illustrated in the headline
- what goals should i set for work
- what goals are suggested for aptitude tests
essence
English
Etymology
From French essence, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek ????? (ousía, “being”), from ?? (?n), present participle of ???? (eimí, “I am, exist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?ns/
Noun
essence (countable and uncountable, plural essences)
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- 1713 September 21, Joseph Addison, The Guardian, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, volume IV, Birmingham: John Baskerville, published 1761, page 263:
- CHARITY is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands, ?ays an old writer. Gifts and alms are the expre??ions, not the e??ence of this virtue.
- 1713 September 21, Joseph Addison, The Guardian, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, volume IV, Birmingham: John Baskerville, published 1761, page 263:
- (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- Constituent substance.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- A significant feature of something.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
- An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
Synonyms
- (inherent nature): quintessence, whatness; See also Thesaurus:essence
- (significant feature): gist, crux; See also Thesaurus:gist
- (fragrance): aroma, bouquet; See also Thesaurus:aroma
Derived terms
- in essence
- of the essence; time is of the essence
Related terms
- essential
- essentially
- essentialism
- quintessential
Translations
Further reading
- essence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- essence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- senesce
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin essentia. Sense 2 very likely from Latin ed? (“eat”), in the sense of 'what is eaten, fuel'. Many forms of the latter are indistinguishable from the former, and so the confusion with essence is very understandable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.s??s/, /?.s??s/
Noun
essence f (plural essences)
- (philosophy, theology) essence
- petrol, gasoline
- essence, essential oil
Derived terms
- poste d'essence
- station essence
Further reading
- “essence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- censées
essence From the web:
- what essence means
- what essences to corrupt
- what incense should i use
- what essential oils are bad for dogs
- what essence does
- what essence do
- what essence of life
- what essence of gamaba
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