2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
2. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
3. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
4. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
5. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Intention Roget’s Thesaurus §620
N. intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, "the be all and the end all", drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology
V. intend, purpose, design, mean, have to, propose to oneself, harbor a design, have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in- petto, have an eye to, bid for, labor for, be after, aspire after, endeavor after, be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at, take aim, set before oneself, study to, take upon oneself, take into one's head, meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of, premeditate, compass, calculate, destine, destinate, propose, project, have a mind to, desire, pursue
Adj. intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological adv, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes
Phr. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", sublimi feriam sidera vertice
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
4 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “target”
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.