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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).

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Noun

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A target used for archery.

target (plural targets)

  2. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
    Take careful aim at the target.
  4. A goal or objective.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
    They have a target to finish the project by November.
  5. An object of criticism or ridicule.
  6. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
  7. A kind of shield:
    1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
    2. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
      • 1786, Francis Grose, “Tilting Armour”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, page 25:
        The Target (x) or Buckler (y) was carried by the heavy armed foot, it anſwered to the ſcutum of the Romans; its form was ſometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.
    3. (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
      • 1762, Anton Friedrich Büsching, A New System of Geography: In which is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States of the Known World, page 12:
        The fourth field is also party per pale, and for the dutchy of Genevois, contains chequered Or and azure: The sinister for the dutchy of Montserat, a target, gules. The point Or is a black eagle of the county of Maurienne.
  8. (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
    He made a good target.
  9. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
  10. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
  11. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
  12. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
  13. (mathematics, category theory) The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
    Coordinate term: source
  14. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
    Do you charge by source or target?
  15. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
    • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
      Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.
  16. (UK, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
  17. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
    Synonym: targe
  18. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
  19. (programming) A system or platform for which software is developed.

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: ターゲット (tāgetto)

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Verb

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target (third-person singular simple present targets, present participle targeting or (rare) targetting, simple past and past participle targeted or (rare) targetted)

  1. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
    The advertising campaign targeted older women.
  3. (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.
    This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.

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Further reading

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  • “target”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English target. First attested in 1989[1]

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    Noun

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    target n (plural targets, no diminutive)

    1. target (goal or objective)

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    References

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    1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “target”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

    Further reading

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    • “target” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      From English target.

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      Noun

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      targèt (plural target-target)

      1. target (goal or objective)
        Synonym: sasaran

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from English target (group).

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        Noun

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        target m inan (related adjective targetowy)

        2. (marketing) synonym of grupa docelowa (“target group”) (the primary group of people that something, usually an advertizing campaign, is designed to appeal to)
          • 2006, “Pierwsza encyklika Benedykta XVI”, in Niedziela warszawska‎[1], number 6, archived from the original on 21 July 2026:
            Czy rzeczywiście musimy poddawać się tej niezwykle intensywnej indoktrynacji specjalistów od marketingu[,] zaprzeczających istnieniu duszy, która przecież nie należy do targetu interesującego reklamodawców?
            Do we really have to submit to this extremely intense indoctrination by marketing specialists[,] who deny the existence of the soul }— which, after all, is not part of the target group that interests advertizers?
          • (Can we date this quote by Activist (quoted in nowewyrazy) and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
            Szarą rzeczywistość blokowisk zakłóca szyld, na którym fikuśną, czerwoną czcionką wypisano „Maybe Baby“. Ta przykuwająca uwagę nazwa odnosi się do firmy, której częścią jest kawiarenka. Prowadzą ją dwie miłe i młode panie. Ich głównym targetem są wyemancypowane mamy, czujące nie tylko bluesa, ale i drum’n’bass.
            The gray reality of the tower blocks is broken up by a sign bearing the words “Maybe Baby” in a playful, red font. This eye-catching name refers to the company that owns the café. It’s run by two friendly young ladies. Their main target group is emancipated mums who are into not just the blues, but also drum’n’bass.

        Declension

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        Declension of target
        singular plural
        nominative target targety
        genitive targetu targetów
        dative targetowi targetom
        accusative target targety
        instrumental targetem targetami
        locative targecie targetach
        vocative targecie targety

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        Further reading

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        • Modern Standard Polish:
          • “target”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)
          • prof. dr hab. Mirosław Bańko [Uniwersytet Warszawski] (29 January 2011), Poradnia Językowa PWN [Language clinic PWN]‎[3], Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
          • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “target”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa
          • target at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

        Spanish

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        Etymology

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          Unadapted borrowing from English target.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾɡet/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ɣ̞et̪]
          • Rhymes: -aɾɡet
          • Syllabification: tar‧get

          Noun

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          target m (plural targets)

          1. target (goal or objective)
            Synonyms: objetivo, destinación

          Usage notes

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          • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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