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incentive
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?nt?v/
- Rhymes: -?nt?v
- Hyphenation: in?cen?tive
Noun
incentive (plural incentives)
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
Antonyms
- disincentive
Derived terms
- incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive
Translations
Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
Further reading
- incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incentive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Vicentine
Latin
Adjective
incent?ve
- vocative masculine singular of incent?vus
Portuguese
Verb
incentive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- first-person singular imperative of incentivar
- third-person singular imperative of incentivar
Spanish
Verb
incentive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
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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
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- what goals are suggested for aptitude tests
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