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goal
Noun
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A goal is something you want to do or be able to do.
I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal.
Scientists' ultimate goal is a theory of everything.
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A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards.
Our goal is Paris.
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A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey.
It's unclear whether the regular keeper will start in goal.
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A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal.
They beat second-placed Cambridge 2-1 with Mutch scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.
scoring
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noun
(= grading)
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
chance
Noun
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Something that can happen.
We have the chance.
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Something that is random; luck.
Poker is a gamer of chance.
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How much something is likely to be true.
There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.
chance
Verb
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If you chance upon something, you discovering it even though you were not looking for it.
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If you chance something, you try it, even though it may not work.