target

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

“Take careful aim at the target.”

A goal or objective.

“They have a target to finish the project by November.”

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

A bearing representing a buckler.

The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

“He made a good target.”

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

The number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

The tenor of a metaphor.

The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

“Do you charge by source or target?”

A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

A tassel or pendant.

A shred; a tatter.

To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

To aim for as an audience or demographic.

“The advertising campaign targeted older women.”

To produce code suitable for.

“This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.”