Sekirov Dictionary

target

UK /ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/US /ˈtɑɹ.ɡɪt/

noun20

  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.
  2. an amount or result that someone plans to reach, often by a certain time
  3. the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
  4. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
  5. An object of criticism or ridicule.
  6. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
  7. The tenor of a metaphor.
  8. The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
  9. The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
  10. A system or platform for which software is developed.
  11. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
  12. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
  13. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
  14. A kind of shield.
  15. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  16. A bearing representing a buckler.
  17. (UK, old-fashioned) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
  18. (no longer used) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
  19. (Scotland, no longer used) A tassel or pendant.
  20. (Scotland, no longer used) A shred; a tatter.

verb3

  1. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  2. (figurative) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
  3. To produce code suitable for.
forms

targeted · targetted · targeting · targetting · targets

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