The firm is on track to achieve its growth target for the year.
The university will reach its target of 5 000 students next September.
The department has missed its sales target for the third month running.
Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve.
The new sports complex is on target to open in June.
These figures are way off target.
a target date of April 2022
a target audience/market (= the particular audience, area etc. that a product, programme, etc. is aimed at)
The film's target demographic is women aged 18–49 years.
We're using social media to communicate with our target customers.
Extra Examples
Hospital performance targets will not be met.
Many pay agreements reached were over the original target of 4%.
Pupils should be given a target to aim for.
Sales so far this year are 20% above target.
She has always set herself very high targets.
The CEO has set new targets for growth.
The company pays bonuses to workers who exceed production targets.
We are well within our target for trains arriving on time.
We are working towards a target of twenty cars a week.
What's the target market for this product?
an object, a person or a place that people aim at when attacking
They attacked military and civilian targets.
Doors and windows are an easy target for burglars.
The children became the target for their father’s aggressive outbursts.
It's a prime target (= an obvious target) for terrorist attacks.
He's become the target of a lot of criticism recently.
Extra Examples
The bomb reached its intended target ten seconds later.
The damaged ship presented a tempting target.
The flare overshot its target and set fire to a hotel.
The missile veered way off target and landed in the sea.
The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.
The stationary trucks were sitting targets for the enemy planes.
The company could become a takeover target.
The real target of his satire is religion.
The President is a favorite target of comedians.
Politically speaking, his jibes were right on target.
an object that people practise shooting at, especially a round board with circles on it
to aim at a target
to hit/miss the target
target practice
Extra Examples
The archers were setting up their targets.
The boys used an old tree stump as a target.
The shot went wide of the target.
Patton was just off target with a header.
It should be possible to deliver the drug direct to the target site.
Word Origin
late Middle English (originally referring to a small round shield): diminutive of targe Old English, of Germanic origin. The noun came to denote various round objects. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
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