aim

[eym] /eɪm/
verb (used with object)
1.
to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
2.
to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose:
to aim a satire at snobbery.
verb (used without object)
3.
to point or direct a gun, punch, etc., toward:
He aimed at the target but missed it.
4.
to strive; try (usually followed by to or at):
We aim to please. They aim at saving something every month.
5.
to intend:
She aims to go tomorrow.
6.
to direct efforts, as toward an object:
The satire aimed at modern greed.
7.
Obsolete. to estimate; guess.
noun
8.
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
9.
the direction in which a weapon or missile is pointed; the line of sighting:
within the cannon's aim.
10.
the point intended to be hit; thing or person aimed at:
to miss one's aim.
11.
something intended or desired to be attained by one's efforts; purpose:
whatever his aim in life may be.
12.
Obsolete. conjecture; guess.
Idioms
13.
take aim, to sight a target:
to take aim and fire.
Origin
1275-1325; late Middle English aimen < Anglo-French a(e)smer, eimer, Old French aesmer < Vulgar Latin *adaestimāre, equivalent to Latin ad- ad- + aestimāre (see estimate); replacing Middle English amen < Old French (dial.) amer < Latin aestimāre
Related forms
aimer, noun
aimful, adjective
aimfully, adverb
misaim, verb, noun
unaimed, adjective
unaiming, adjective
underaim, noun
underaim, verb
well-aimed, adjective
Synonyms
1. point. 8. sighting. 10. target, objective. 11. goal; intent, design. Aim, end, object all imply something that is the goal of one's efforts. Aim implies that toward which one makes a direct line, refusing to be diverted from it: a nobleness of aim; one's aim in life. End emphasizes the goal as a cause of efforts: the end for which one strives. Object emphasizes the goal as that toward which all efforts are directed: the object of years of study.

AIM

[eym] /eɪm/
noun
1.
American Indian Movement.
Examples from the web for aim
  • If that is too subtle a point to make in a show for non-specialists, then the stated aim of this exhibition may be too ambitious.
  • Those who do point take a while to think about it and then aim in all possible directions.
  • aim for your students to engage in the kind of editing and revision that you do when you write papers with colleagues.
  • They should aim for a thorough dismantling of distorting subsidies and for truly open markets for farm goods.
  • Researchers aim to put more rigor into studies of media bias.
  • Maybe different styles of putters work for golfers because they actually help the golfer aim better.
  • Some encourage access, others aim to foster completion.
  • These lower appendices aim to regulate trade, not prohibit it.
  • His exuberance and boyish projection of triumph led to an addiction to taking aim from afar and wasting ammunition.
  • aim to have something in bloom from early spring to late fall so that winged visitors are never without nourishment.
British Dictionary definitions for aim

aim

/eɪm/
verb
1.
to point (a weapon, missile, etc) or direct (a blow) at a particular person or object; level
2.
(transitive) to direct (satire, criticism, etc) at a person, object, etc
3.
(intransitive; foll by at or an infinitive) to propose or intend: we aim to leave early
4.
(intransitive; often foll by at or for) to direct one's efforts or strive (towards): to aim at better communications, to aim high
noun
5.
the action of directing something at an object
6.
the direction in which something is pointed; line of sighting (esp in the phrase to take aim)
7.
the object at which something is aimed; target
8.
intention; purpose
Word Origin
C14: via Old French aesmer from Latin aestimāre to estimate

AIM

abbreviation
1.
(in Britain) Alternative Investment Market
Word Origin and History for aim
v.

early 14c., "to estimate, calculate," also "to intend," from Old French aesmer "value, rate; count, estimate," from Latin aestimare "appraise" (see estimation); current meaning apparently developed from "esteem," to "calculate," to "calculate with a view to action" (c.1400), then to "direct a missile, a blow, etc." (1570s). Related: Aimed; aiming.

n.

early 14c., "target;" late 14c., "guess;" from aim (v.). Meaning "action of aiming" is from early 15c. (to take aim, originally make aim); that of "thing intended, purpose" is from 1620s.

Related Abbreviations for aim

AIM

American Indian Movement
Idioms and Phrases with aim

aim

In addition to the idiom beginning with aim also see: take aim