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goal
  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  2. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
  4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  5. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Our goal is to make this website the most widely used resource for objectives related to the use of words.”
goalpost
  1. (sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
  2. (sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The ball came off the goalpost and Torsten Frings' arm stopped it going over the line.”
      “It flew at an alarming rate towards the goal, hit the goalpost, and rebounded off it straight back at me.”
      “One time after practice, Leftwich stood at his own 30 and hit the goalpost on the fly.”
goalmouth
  1. (sports) The area in front of the goal.
  2. (sports) The space between the goalposts through which the ball, puck, etc has to pass in order to score
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Pandiani had opened the scoring after a goalmouth melee before Dennis Bergkamp forced home an equaliser two minutes before time.”
      “The ref had run into the goalmouth signalling a free kick but I don't know where they took it from.”
      “Despite pressing for much of the second half it was Knockmay who got a fortuitous goal in a goalmouth scramble.”
goalsquare
  1. (Australian rules football) One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.
goalball
  1. A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The codes involved at the Games are table tennis, golf, rugby, boxing, tennis, netball, goalball, soccer, swimming, hockey and cricket.”
      “Sports such as goalball, tandem cycling and wheelchair fencing, however, are quite unique in their development of rules and competitive dynamics.”
goalframe
  1. (sports) The structure of the goal, generally consisting of two goalposts and a crossbar.
goalodicy
  1. The obsessive pursuit of goals to the point of self-destruction.
goalhanger
  1. (informal, soccer) A player who stays near the opposing team's goal in the hope of easily scoring.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The goalhanger's strategy paid off as he effortlessly tapped in the ball for an easy goal.”
goalkeeper
  1. (sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The goalkeeper made a remarkable save, deflecting the ball and preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.”
      “He would have been a world-class soccer goalkeeper, rugby player, javelin thrower, or boxer.”
      “He strode forward from deep within his own half before unleashing a 30-yard piledriver that the goalkeeper acrobatically tipped over the bar.”
goalminder
  1. (sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Teenage goalminder Nick Saunders is facing the busiest of weekends as Blackburn Hawks gear up for more tough challenges.”
      “Knights goalminder Dave Thomas looked sharp, saving three long-range efforts from the point.”
      “He's a brilliant goalminder whose reflexes have shown he has the quality to gain national team colours by now.”
goaltender
  1. (sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The goaltender skillfully blocked every shot, preventing the opposing team from scoring and securing the victory for his team.”
      “Dunham is a solid NHL goaltender, but he's never been the man in goal for a playoff run.”
      “He skates in alone on the goaltender, dekes the netminder to his knees, and flips the puck high into the open net.”
goallessness
  1. The state or quality of having no goal, aimlessness.
goalsetting
  1. The creation and adoption of goals.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The job specification leads to goalsetting, and goalsetting in its turn sets up the criteria whereby the teacher will be appraised.”
goalscorer
  1. (soccer) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals
  2. Examples:
    1. “He played in all but one of Wanderers' Premiership fixtures and finished the season as the club's top goalscorer.”
      “You look at the goalscoring chart and he was our main goalscorer with 13 goals.”
      “He has never been such a prolific goalscorer in domestic football, partly because clubs are more likely to use him in midfield.”
goalscoring
  1. (soccer, sometimes attributive) The scoring of goals.
  2. Examples:
    1. “One area the manager hasn't been able to strengthen is the goalscoring department.”
      “Meanwhile, Tom Kennedy is now aiming to overhaul his father Keith's goalscoring record.”
      “He also holds the England goalscoring record, getting 49 goals in 106 games.”
goalkeeping
  1. The art of a goalkeeper.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The goalkeeping union are a tight bunch and he hid his personal agony to gee up his nervous replacement.”
      “He had just taken over the manager's role and he is bringing me on board as goalkeeping coach.”
      “Claudio Bozzini, the club's goalkeeping coach, works his three charges hard.”
goalballer
  1. (rare) A goalball player.
goalposts
  1. plural of goalpost
  2. (bowling) a 7-10 split
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The distance between the goals and the goalposts shall be decided upon by the Captains of the sides playing.”
      “The rafters at Goodison were soon reverberating, as was one of Charlton's goalposts when Beattie's angled shot rebounded from the woodwork.”
      “Although they tried hard to find the goalposts, they were scoreless going into the second half.”
goalballers
  1. plural of goalballer
goalscorers
  1. plural of goalscorer
goalsquares
  1. plural of goalsquare
goaltenders
goalhangers
  1. plural of goalhanger
goalkeepers
  1. plural of goalkeeper
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Dixon concentrated on quick-recovering skills of the goalkeepers as he constantly rifled the ball from angles.”
      “And goalkeepers should be allowed to pick up the ball again from back passes.”
      “There have been some excellent goalkeepers in English football over the years.”
goalframes
  1. plural of goalframe
goalmouths
goals
  1. plural of goal
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Assess investing goals In January, you will get your year-end portfolio statement.”
      “These goals can be achieved by treating simple lacerations of the hand conservatively instead of with sutures.”
      “They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.”
goalminders
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