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"Target" Definition

noun

A desired goal.
A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.
A small round shield.
A structure in a television camera tube with a storage surface that is scanned by an electron beam to generate a signal output current similar to the charge-density pattern stored on the surface.
A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.

idiom

On target Completely accurate, precise, or valid: observations that were right on target.

verb-transitive

To aim at or for.
To establish as a target or goal.
To make a target of.

verb

To make a target of .
To set as a goal.
To direct or use toward a target.