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targets

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Noun

targets noun

  1. 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.”
  2. A goal or objective.“They have a target to finish the project by November.”
  3. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  4. A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

Verb

targets verb

  1. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  2. To aim for as an audience or demographic.“The advertising campaign targeted older women.”
  3. To produce code suitable for.“This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.”

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target langu…aimplacemarkquarrypreybuttpointobjectobjectivetargets

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