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say it: TAHR-guht
target is a noun and verb meaning "a reference point to shoot at". It is pronounced /ˈtɑɹɡət/ — TAHR-guht. It carries 6 recorded senses.
a reference point to shoot at
“his arrow hit the mark”
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
“he fell prey to muggers”
“everyone was fair game”
“the target of a manhunt”
the location of the target that is to be hit
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for target come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.