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target
1. n. Cible.
You hit the centre of the target.
2. n. But, dessein.
3. n. Objectif.
What is their sales target?
4. v. Cibler, viser.
anglais > anglais
target
1. n. 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. n. A goal or objective.
They have a target to finish the project by November.
3. n. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
4. n. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
5. n. (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
6. n. (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
He made a good target.
7. n. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
8. n. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
9. n. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
10. n. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
11. n. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
Do you charge by source or target?
12. n. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
13. n. (dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
14. n. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
15. n. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
16. v. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
17. v. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
The advertising campaign targeted older women.
18. v. (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.
This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.
français > anglais
cible
1. n-f. (literal) target
tirer à la cible. - to shoot the target
2. n-f. (figurative) aim, goal
Notre cible de l'année sera le consommateur de 14-16 ans. - Our aim for the year will be the 14-16 year old consumer.

Exemples de phrases

The first attack missed the target.      La première attaque a manqué la cible. Your point may be a little off target, but it certainly is close.      Ta position est peut-être un peu à coté de la cible, mais tout de même proche. He hit the center of the target with his first shot.      Il a touché le centre de la cible du premier coup. I aimed my gun at the target.      Je dirigeais mon revolver vers la cible. You hit the center of the target.      Tu as touché au centre de la cible.

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