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targets

noun

Meaning

  1. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
  2. A goal or objective.
  3. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  4. A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
  5. A bearing representing a buckler.
  6. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
  7. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  8. To aim for as an audience or demographic.
  9. To produce code suitable for.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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