(n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
(n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
(n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Frenchman’s 65th-minute goal was a fifth for United and redemptive after he conceded the penalty from which CSKA Moscow took a first-half lead.
(2) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
(3) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(4) A dedicated goal makes a big difference in mobilising action and resources.
(5) The successful treatment of the painful neuroma remains an elusive surgical goal.
(6) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(7) The initiation of clinical trials should be a primary goal of gene therapy research programs.
(8) Looks like some kind of dissent, with Ameobi having words with Phil Dowd at the kick off after Liverpool's second goal.
(9) As James said in Friday’s announcement, his goal was to win championships, and in Miami he was able to reach the NBA Finals every year.
(10) Tests in which the size of the landmark was altered from that used in training suggest that distance is not learned solely in terms of the apparent size of the landmark as seen from the goal.
(11) Still, even as unknowable as this decision may be for him, as any decision is, really, he is far more qualified to understand his desires and goals that would inform that decision than anyone else is.
(12) As evidence, they show no mediated semantic-phonological priming during picture naming: Retrieval of sheep primes goat, but the activation of goat is not transmitted to its phonological relative, goal.
(13) There is no doubt that new techniques in molecular biology will continue to evolve so that the goal of gene therapy for many disorders may be possible in the future.
(14) Four goals, four assists, and constant movement have been a key part of the team’s success.
(15) The London Olympics delivered its undeniable panache by throwing a large amount of money at a small number of people who were set a simple goal.
(16) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(17) This goal seems to have been met as indicated by an evaluation received from the students, since 58.3 percent believed they better understood the role of the technologist and clinical laboratory in patient care.
(18) Abe’s longstanding efforts toward those goals, which include the successful passage of a state secrets act and efforts to expand the scope of Japan’s military activities have already damaged relations with China.
(19) Estonia had been reduced to 10 men early in the second half yet Hodgson’s men had to toil away for another 25 minutes before the goal, direct from Wayne Rooney’s free-kick, that soothed their mood and maintained their immaculate start to this qualifying programme.
(20) For each of the goals, some were far from complying.
Thrust
Definition:
(n. & v.) Thrist.
(imp. & p. p.) of Thrust
(v. t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
(v. t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
(v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
(v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
(v. i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
(n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
(n.) An attack; an assault.
(n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
(n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Example Sentences:
(1) Students are assigned to tutorial groups, and much of the educational thrust of the program is built upon interactions within these groups.
(2) There can’t be something, someone that could fix this and chooses not to.” Years of agnosticism and an open attitude to religious beliefs thrust under the bus, acknowledging the shame that comes from sitting down with those the world forgot.
(3) The first eigenvector, when represented by grey scale maps depicting a pair of eyes, reveals that, as average threshold increases, the visual field rises and flattens, like an umbrella that, initially closed, is simultaneously opened and thrust upwards.
(4) I have no quarrel with the overall thrust of Andrew Rawnsley's argument that the south-east is over-dominant in the UK economy and, as someone who has lived and worked both in Cardiff and Newcastle upon Tyne, I have sympathy with the claims of the north-east of England as well as Wales (" No wonder the coalition hasn't many friends in the north ", Comment).
(5) Some CTLs contacted infected cells via numerous interdigitating processes; others were observed thrusting finger-like protrusions deep into the target cell; some were seen with their plasma membranes lying closely opposed to that of the infected cell.
(6) The thrust of health care "solutions" in the press and in Congress focus on the infirm.
(7) On the other hand, the values of the instantaneous frequency, duration, and rhythmicity of the copulatory thrusting movements performed during mounts, intromissions or ejaculations did not differ significantly from the values obtained under saline treatment.
(8) A lot, without it being thrust down their throats.” The app will add more stories over time, with Moore saying American narrators will be included, and ultimately translations into other languages too.
(9) Yet the central thrust of his work is that disaster is not always an entirely negative experience.
(10) Mervyn King gave his strong backing today for spending cuts in George Osborne's first budget as the coalition government revealed the broad thrust of the emergency package due within 50 days of last week's election.
(11) McAlpine, one of Baroness Thatcher's closest aides during her time in Downing Street, had been retired from public life for some years when he was thrust back into the limelight over a poorly researched Newsnight investigation in 2012 .
(12) She’s a normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, so it’s very relatable.” Ridley’s leap from bit parts in British TV dramas to the biggest film franchise in the world is a legitimate overnight success.
(13) It should thus be emphasized that the major thrust of activities in periodontal care should be in health promotion and education, leading to improved oral hygiene.
(14) His BBC television career famously came to an end when he thrust a lump of cheese in his commissioning editor's face .
(15) Rudd goes to mingle in the crowds, a cool bottle of XXXX thrust into his hands.
(16) Photograph: Multnomah County Sandra Anderson was thrust into the national spotlight during the final 24 hours of the standoff as she refused to surrender and made bold statements during live-streamed phone calls as the FBI closed in on the holdouts .
(17) Rats were trained to thrust their heads into a compartment flushed by a gas mixture of high or low O2 (balance N2), and after a timed interval, to enter the compartment (on high O2) for a reward or to withdraw (on low O2) to avoid a punishment.
(18) However, the use of a structured and systematic approach to patient care such as Advanced Trauma Life Support would have given those thrust into trauma care a format to build upon.
(19) Letta was thrust aside by the brash, ambitious Renzi just as Italy began to show signs of growth and bond market investors appeared less concerned over the country’s ability to repay its debts.
(20) "It seems to me that we have really got to look at the environment and make it easier for people either to make the healthy choice or – what we say less often is stop undermining their efforts by thrusting the unhealthy option into their line of sight," she said.