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    on target,
    1. properly aimed or on the right course toward a target.
    2. accurate, correct, or valid: Their description of the event was on target.
    3. filling or meeting a requirement or expectations: The amount of supplies we took was right on target.

Origin of target

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle French targuete, variant of targete small shield. See targe, -et
Related formstar·get·a·ble, adjectivetar·get·less, adjectiveun·tar·get·a·ble, adjectiveun·tar·get·ed, adjective

Synonyms for target

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4. aim, end, purpose.
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Related Words for targeted

head, set, intend, target, lead, show, address, focus, cast, aim, turn, see, train, steer, conduct, present, mean, propose, direct, try

Examples from the Web for targeted

Contemporary Examples of targeted

Historical Examples of targeted

  • He saw the man he had targeted drop his bow and fall to the ground.

  • Even the big boats take one of two that are buoyed and targeted.

  • The perception that he personally might be targeted appeared to get Gadhafi's attention.

    Shock and Awe

    Harlan K. Ullman

  • Military force would be applied in a purer form and targeted primarily against the military capabilities of an opponent.

    Shock and Awe

    Harlan K. Ullman

  • Jordan gave no hint of how Buck's shaft might have targeted his intentions, but climbed into the car and started it.

    Rimrock Trail

    J. Allan Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for targeted

target

noun

  1. an object or area at which an archer or marksman aims, usually a round flat surface marked with concentric rings
  2. (as modifier)target practice
  1. any point or area aimed at; the object of an attack or a takeover bid
  2. (as modifier)target area; target company
a fixed goal or objectivethe target for the appeal is £10 000
a person or thing at which an action or remark is directed or the object of a person's feelingsa target for the teacher's sarcasm
a joint of lamb consisting of the breast and neck
surveying a marker on which sights are taken, such as the sliding marker on a levelling staff
(formerly) a small round shield
physics electronics
  1. a substance, object, or system subjected to bombardment by electrons or other particles, or to irradiation
  2. an electrode in a television camera tube whose surface, on which image information is stored, is scanned by the electron beam
electronics an object to be detected by the reflection of a radar or sonar signal, etc
on target on the correct course to meet a target or objective

verb -gets, -geting or -geted (tr)

to make a target of
to direct or aimto target benefits at those most in need
Derived Formstargetless, adjective

Word Origin for target

C14: from Old French targette a little shield, from Old French targe
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Word Origin and History for targeted

target

n.

c.1400, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield," from Frankish *targa "shield" (cf. Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge, Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield"), from Proto-Germanic *targo "border, edge." Meaning "object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery. Target audience is by 1951, early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.

target

v.

"to use as a target," 1837, from target (n.). Related: Targeted; targeting.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
targeted in Medicine

target

[tär′gĭt]

n.

One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.
A desired goal.
A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.
A target organ.
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Idioms and Phrases with targeted

target

see on target; sitting duck (target).

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