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Words people most associate with “target”:
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Noun (5 meanings)
Example:
- “his arrow hit the mark”
target is a type of:
- reference point, point of reference, reference (noun) - an indicator that orients you generally
types of target:
- clout (noun) - a target used in archery
- drogue (noun) - a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
parts of target:
- bull's eye, bull (noun) - the center of a target
2. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.
Examples:
- “he fell prey to muggers”,
- “everyone was fair game”,
- “the target of a manhunt”
3. the location of the target that is to be hit.
target is a type of:
- topographic point, place, spot (noun) - a point located with respect to surface features of some region
types of target:
- ground zero (noun) - the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
target is a type of:
- sports equipment (noun) - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
types of target:
- clay pigeon (noun) - target used in skeet or trapshooting
5. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).
Example:
- “the sole object of her trip was to see her children”
target is a type of:
- goal, end (noun) - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
types of target:
- business (noun) - an immediate objective
- grail (noun) - the object of any prolonged endeavor
- point (noun) - the object of an activity
- thing (noun) - a special objective
target is derivationally related to:
Verb (1 meaning)
Examples:
- “He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face”,
- “criticism directed at her superior”,
- “direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself”
to target is a way to:
- to aim, take, train, take aim, direct (verb) - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
ways to target:
- to address (verb) - direct a question at someone
- to range in, home in, zero in (verb) - direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
to target is derivationally related to:
- aim (noun) - the action of directing something at an object
- aim, object, objective, target (noun) - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- prey, quarry, target, fair game (noun) - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- topographic point, place, spot (noun) - a point located with respect to surface features of some region