TARGET

/tษ‘หษกษชt/
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Definition

/tษ‘หษกษชt/
noun
  1. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
    “Take careful aim at the target.”
  2. A goal or objective.
    “They have a target to finish the project by November.”
  3. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  4. A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
  5. A bearing representing a buckler.
verb
  1. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  2. To aim for as an audience or demographic.
    “The advertising campaign targeted older women.”
  3. To produce code suitable for.
    “This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.”

Source: Wiktionary

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