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Synonyms for targets

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahr-git
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr gɪt

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Définition of targets

Origin :
  • c.1400, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield," from Frankish *targa "shield" (cf. Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge, Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield"), from Proto-Germanic *targo "border, edge." Meaning "object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery. Target audience is by 1951, early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.
  • noun aim, goal
  • noun person as object of ridicule
Example sentences :
  • It was in the grounds of this house that targets were first shot by the Society.
  • Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
  • He's with the batteries, sir, giving them targets from their new positions.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • I'll dash along and work out the targets with Major Bartlett.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • Then you could have got into touch with the infantry and asked them for targets.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • Or perhaps it was the very abundance of targets that made me behave so foolishly.
  • Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
  • We should only volunteer for targets if we attempted to stir outside our stockade.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • It should be remembered that depth of beaten zone can affect only targets which have depth.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Targets will be arranged to simulate one of the classes enumerated.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Jeb, who had thought more of his targets than of her return!
  • Extract from : « Where the Souls of Men are Calling » by Credo Harris
  • What they accomplished was the provision of a fine accumulation of targets.
  • Extract from : « Talents, Incorporated » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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