goal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
the ends justify the means
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- plan of action part holonym
Sense 2 noun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
a crowd assembled at the finish
Types & categories
- end hypernym
- finishing line hyponym
Related & opposite
- fate derivation
Sense 3 noun
game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
Types & categories
- game equipment hypernym
- basketball hoop hyponym
- net hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 4 noun
a successful attempt at scoring
the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plan of action |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | objective |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bourn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | end-all |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | terminus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | no-goal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intention |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | finishing line |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bar |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | goalpost |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | game equipment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | basketball hoop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | net |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | own goal |