"goal" meaning in English

See goal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡoʊl/ [US] Audio: en-us-goal.ogg [US] Forms: goal [singular], goals [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A goal is something you want to do or be able to do.
    Sense id: simple-goal-en-noun-nZaw6Qva
  2. A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards.
    Sense id: simple-goal-en-noun-bJ147XhS
  3. A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey.
    Sense id: simple-goal-en-noun-PcxGzgnm
  4. A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal.
    Sense id: simple-goal-en-noun-Q-CC6Ybr
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goal",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal."
        },
        {
          "text": "Scientists' ultimate goal is a theory of everything."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is something you want to do or be able to do."
      ],
      "id": "simple-goal-en-noun-nZaw6Qva"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our goal is Paris."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards."
      ],
      "id": "simple-goal-en-noun-bJ147XhS"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's unclear whether the regular keeper will start in goal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey."
      ],
      "id": "simple-goal-en-noun-PcxGzgnm"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They beat second-placed Cambridge 2-1 with Mutch scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal."
      ],
      "id": "simple-goal-en-noun-Q-CC6Ybr"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/goUl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-goal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "goal"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goal",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal."
        },
        {
          "text": "Scientists' ultimate goal is a theory of everything."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is something you want to do or be able to do."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our goal is Paris."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's unclear whether the regular keeper will start in goal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They beat second-placed Cambridge 2-1 with Mutch scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/goUl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-goal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "goal"
}

Download raw JSONL data for goal meaning in English (1.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-02 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (db8a5a5 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.