Talk:goal

I was looking for early instances of "goal" and found these in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare[1] (1609):

1:

Our praises are our wages; you may ride's
    With one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere
    With spur we heat an acre. But to th' goal:
    My last good deed was to entreat his stay;
    What was my first? It has an elder sister,
    Or I mistake you.

2:

What, girl! though grey
    Do something mingle with our younger brown, yet ha' we
    A brain that nourishes our nerves, and can
    Get goal for goal of youth.

Neither mean what is currently meant by "goal", probably. There is also "goale" here: [2] (1591). --NoToleranceForIntolerance (talk) 16:02, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Not exactly a definition, but [3]. DTLHS (talk) 16:26, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

the end of a race

the end of a race
The runners are still several minutes from the goal.
 Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:21, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Quotations

Quotations from Wikisource in the sense of aim:

• consistent with the goal of ending hunger
• the use of new technologies to ensure the goal of long-term viability
• Our Nation has embraced the goal of promoting high educational standards for all children
• What is the goal of life?
• The goal of the program is to demonstrate in flight the technologies needed for a full-size RLV,
• We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
• The goal of the curriculum has been achieved.
• The goal of the project was to deal with all three of these aspects of the problem:
• The goal of this work is to improve the lives of patients
• The goal of this book is to help you save some of each of these valuable resources:
• The goal of United States policy remains clear and consistent.
• My goal was to help communities realize their visions for their rivers
• my goal was to advance American interests
• our goal is to draw further attention to the nation's library
• The goal of the Constitution's framers was to provide a free market in goods
• Having reached the goal of his ambition, he abandoned the party of the Prince of Wales,
• In His name we must reach the goal of our mission.
• To emancipate itself from Austria has been the goal of our nation for many years,
• The goal of the initiative shall be to develop and disseminate technologies
• The American Hag was hoisted; the goal of all the ages of exploration had been reached.
• it is only the goal of his unceasing endeavours
• the goal of his efforts was the establishment of an ideal society
• the goal of my plan is to provide tax relief to families that are struggling
• Let us make peace the goal of the present decade.
• killed the urge to search and seek for the truth, which is the goal of all science
• The decrease of unnecessary cost and labor is the goal of industry.

Dan Polansky (talk) 22:03, 19 August 2022 (UTC)