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goal
1. (in various sports) the net, basket, etc. into or over which players try to propel the ball, puck, etc., to score
2. Sport
a. a successful attempt at scoring
b. the score so made
3. (in soccer, hockey, etc.) the position of goalkeeper
(programming)goal - In logic programming, a predicate applied to its arguments which the system attempts to prove by matching it against the clauses of the program. A goal may fail or it may succeed in one or more ways.


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You'll have to stay in goal to touch the ball when it rolls behind the posts, because if the other side touch it they have a try at goal.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
Clarence in goal was the nearest approach to an india-rubber acrobat and society contortionist to be seen off the music-hall stage.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of DEVIATION.
The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context
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