Noun | 1. | goal - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" Synonyms: end |
2. | goal - a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" | |
3. | goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | |
4. | goal - the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view" Synonyms: destination, finish |
(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. |