Idioms for target
- properly aimed or on the right course toward a target.
- accurate, correct, or valid: Their description of the event was on target.
- filling or meeting a requirement or expectations: The amount of supplies we took was right on target.
on target,
Origin of target
OTHER WORDS FROM target
tar·get·a·ble, adjective tar·get·less, adjective un·tar·get·a·ble, adjective un·tar·get·ed, adjectiveWords nearby target
tardo,
tardy,
tare,
tarentum,
targe,
target,
target cell,
target date,
target gland,
target language,
target man
Example sentences from the Web for target
British Dictionary definitions for target
target
/ (ˈtɑːɡɪt) /
noun
verb -gets, -geting or -geted (tr)
to make a target of
to direct or aim
to target benefits at those most in need
Derived forms of target
targetless, adjectiveWord Origin for target
C14: from Old French
targette a little shield, from Old French
targe
Medical definitions for target
target
[ tär′gĭt ]
n.
One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
A desired goal.
A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
A target organ.
Idioms and Phrases with target
target
see on target; sitting duck (target).