target

A result or amount that you try to achieve.

• We reached our target.
• She set a target of ten books a month.
• The team missed its sales targets last year.

Similar words: goal, objective, aim

Common phrases: sales target, meet a target, set a target

An object or marked area that you try to hit when shooting or throwing.

• The arrow hit the target.
• We practiced shooting at paper targets.
• Did your dart reach the center of the target?

Similar words: mark

Common phrases: hit the target, paper target, shooting target

The arrangement of marks left by several shots on a shooting surface.

• The shots made a tight target.
• His target showed three closely grouped bullet holes.
• Compare the targets produced by the two rifles.

Similar words: shot group, grouping

Common phrases: tight target, scattered target

The set or mathematical object into which a function or similar connection leads.

• This arrow has a target.
• The two functions share the same target set.
• Identify the source and target of each morphism.

How to use it: target of something (The target of this function is the set of real numbers.)

Similar words: codomain

Opposites: source

Common phrases: target object, target category, target of something

To choose a particular group of people to reach with a product or message.

• These ads target teenagers.
• The company targeted customers who lived nearby.
• Who does your campaign target?

Similar words: aim at, market to

Common phrases: target young people, target an audience, target potential customers

To direct a weapon or attack at someone or something.

• The missile targeted the base.
• They used drones to target enemy vehicles.
• The gun was targeted at the tower.

Similar words: aim at

Common phrases: target a building, target enemy troops

To produce computer instructions that work on a particular type of machine or system.

• This compiler can target ARM processors.
• The new tool targets several operating systems.
• Which architecture does the generated code target?

Similar words: compile for

Common phrases: target a processor, target multiple platforms