target

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

• Take careful aim at the target.

A goal or objective.

• They have a target to finish the project by November.

An object of criticism or ridicule.

A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.

A kind of shield:; A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

• These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target, thus.

A kind of shield:; A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.obsolete

• The Target (x) or Buckler (y) was carried by the heavy armed foot, it anſwered to the ſcutum of the Romans; its form was ſometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, b

A kind of shield:; A bearing representing a buckler.

• The fourth field is also party per pale, and for the dutchy of Genevois, contains chequered Or and azure: The sinister for the dutchy of Montserat, a target, gules. The point Or is a black eagle of the county of Maurienne.

The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

• He made a good target.

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).transitive

To aim for as an audience or demographic.figurativelytransitive

• The advertising campaign targeted older women.

To produce code suitable for.transitive

• This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.