goal

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GOAL, noun 1. The point set to bound a race, and to which they run; the mark. Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels. 2. Any starting post. 3. The end or final purpose; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or accomplish. Each individual seeks a several goal
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