Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An object, such as a padded disk with a marked surface, that is shot at to test accuracy in rifle or archery practice.
- noun Something aimed or fired at.
- noun An object of criticism or verbal attack.
- noun One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
- noun A desired goal.
- noun A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.
- noun The sliding sight on a surveyor's leveling rod.
- noun A small round shield.
- noun A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
- transitive verb To aim at or identify as a target.
- transitive verb To identify or treat as the object of action, criticism, or change.
- transitive verb To design for or direct toward a specific object or audience.
- idiom (on target) Completely accurate, precise, or valid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In archery, the five circles count as follows: gold center, 9; red, 7; inner white or blue, 5; black, 3; outer white, 1.
- noun A shield.
- noun In the seventeenth century, a shield of any form used by an infantry soldier as a substitute for body-armor. Compare
targeteer . - noun A shield-shaped, circular, or other mark at which archers or users of firearms shoot for practice or for a prize: so called from the mark, which usually consists of concentric rings.
- noun Figuratively, anything at which observation is aimed; one who or that which is a marked object of curiosity, admiration, contempt, or other feeling.
- noun On a railroad, the frame or holder in which a signal is displayed, as at switches.
- noun The sliding sight on a leveling-staff. Also called
vane . See cut underleveling-staff . - noun In heraldry, a bearing representing a round shield, or buckler.
- noun A pendant, often jeweled; a tassel.
- noun A shred; slice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- noun A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- noun The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- noun (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- noun (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- noun engraving A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
- noun Obs. Scot. A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.
- noun A goal for an activity.
- noun A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the
target, the impact causes emission of X-rays. - noun Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.
- noun A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
butt ormark toshoot at, as forpractice , or to test theaccuracy of afirearm , or theforce of aprojectile . - noun A
goal orobjective . - noun A kind of
small shield orbuckler , used as adefensive weapon inwar . - noun obsolete A shield resembling the
Roman scutum . In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term. - noun sports The
pattern orarrangement of a series ofhits made by amarksman on a butt or mark. - noun surveying The sliding
crosspiece , orvane , on a levelingstaff . - noun rail transport A
conspicuous disk attached to aswitch lever to show itsposition , or for use as asignal . - noun cricket the number of
runs that the sidebatting last needs toscore in the finalinnings in order towin - noun linguistics The
tenor of ametaphor . - noun translation studies The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- noun A
person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying toemploy or to have as acustomer ,audience etc. - verb transitive To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- verb transitive, figuratively To aim for as an
audience ordemographic . - verb transitive, computing To produce
code suitable for.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The rifleman who attains proficiency _focuses his eye on the target while aiming_, but he glances at one sight and then the other to see that they are aligned properly, then back at the target, and at the instant of discharge _his eye is on the target_.
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The following shows it being run on the target: target$./drone1
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The following shows it being run on the target: target$./drone1
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; MsgBox, f_class = \% f_class\% ` n target = \% target\% ` n 1 = \% f_Edit1Pos\% ` n 2 = \% f_Edit2Pos\% ` n \% lst\%
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; MsgBox, f_class = \% f_class\% ` n target = \% target\% ` n 1 = \% f_Edit1Pos\% ` n 2 = \% f_Edit2Pos\%
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"part" what is a simple way to express this in bash syntax? target = $target ` echo $part | cut - c4 ` chewearn
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Unsubscribe (target); _target = object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) {case NotifyCollectionChangedAction.
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Unsubscribe (target); _target = object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) {case NotifyCollectionChangedAction.
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The House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would allow the Commerce Department to put duties on goods from countries with undervalued currencies; its main target is China.
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The House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would allow the Commerce Department to put duties on goods from countries with undervalued currencies; its main target is China.
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February 1, 2008