on-target

adjective

on-tar·​get ˈän-ˈtär-gət How to pronounce on-target (audio)
ˈȯn-
: exactly appropriate : accurate
on-target advice

Examples of on-target in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The homage is more on-target than its wearers realize. Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024 The first stage used for the rideshare mission, making its fifth flight, flew itself back to an on-target landing at Vandenberg after boosting the upper stage and payloads out of the lower atmosphere. William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024 Metz had several chances but only two on-target attempts. Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024 The return maneuver culminated in an on-target vertical landing a few miles south of the launch pad. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2023 With a new player like Goodson turning back to find a football, the pass needs to be perfectly on-target. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024 Through two games, on-target passes by Jackson have been dropped just 4.7% of the time, compared with 7.3% for his career and 9% last season. Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023 Blanco and Boli made an immediate impact in the 76th minute, combining for a play where Blanco played a cross in to Boli, whose strike was perfectly on-target at the far post but saved well in the end by John McCarthy. oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023 Positioning your home to sell through on-target pricing and strategic marketing has never been more important in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market. Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of on-target was in 1967

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“On-target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-target. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

on-target

adjective
on-tar·​get
ˈȯn-ˈtär-gət,
ˈän-
: just right : accurate
gave him on-target advice
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