Talk:goal

I was looking for early instances of "goal" and found these in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (1609):

1: Our praises are our wages; you may ride's   With one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere With spur we heat an acre. But to th' goal: My last good deed was to entreat his stay; What was my first? It has an elder sister, Or I mistake you. 2: What, girl! though grey Do something mingle with our younger brown, yet ha' we   A brain that nourishes our nerves, and can Get goal for goal of youth.

Neither mean what is currently meant by "goal", probably. There is also "goale" here: (1591). --NoToleranceForIntolerance (talk) 16:02, 2 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Not exactly a definition, but . DTLHS (talk) 16:26, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

the end of a race
the end of a race The runners are still several minutes from the goal. Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:21, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Quotations
Quotations from Wikisource in the sense of aim: Dan Polansky (talk) 22:03, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * consistent with the goal of ending hunger
 * the use of new technologies to ensure the goal of long-term viability
 * Our Nation has embraced the goal of promoting high educational standards for all children
 * What is the goal of life?
 * The goal of the program is to demonstrate in flight the technologies needed for a full-size RLV,
 * We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
 * The goal of the curriculum has been achieved.
 * The goal of the project was to deal with all three of these aspects of the problem:
 * The goal of this work is to improve the lives of patients
 * The goal of this book is to help you save some of each of these valuable resources:
 * The goal of United States policy remains clear and consistent.
 * My goal was to help communities realize their visions for their rivers
 * my goal was to advance American interests
 * our goal is to draw further attention to the nation's library
 * The goal of the Constitution's framers was to provide a free market in goods
 * Having reached the goal of his ambition, he abandoned the party of the Prince of Wales,
 * In His name we must reach the goal of our mission.
 * To emancipate itself from Austria has been the goal of our nation for many years,
 * The goal of the initiative shall be to develop and disseminate technologies
 * The American Hag was hoisted; the goal of all the ages of exploration had been reached.
 * it is only the goal of his unceasing endeavours
 * the goal of his efforts was the establishment of an ideal society
 * the goal of my plan is to provide tax relief to families that are struggling
 * Let us make peace the goal of the present decade.
 * killed the urge to search and seek for the truth, which is the goal of all science
 * The decrease of unnecessary cost and labor is the goal of industry.