Aim

Definition: Aim

Aim

Noun

1. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs".

2. The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children".

3. The action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired".

4. The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.

Verb

1. Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent".

2. Propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon".

3. Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".

4. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.

5. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself".

6. Direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun".

7. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aim" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Aim \Aim\, noun. [Compare to Old French esme estimation, from esmer. See Aim, verb. i.]. (references)

Satire

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Aim

Attack

Aim at, draw a bead on.

Strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon.

Direction

Steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.

Noun: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency; incidence; bending, trending; Verb: dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage.

Essay

Noun: essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut; probation; (experiment).

Failure

Miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays; slip, trip, stumble; make a slip; n. blunder; make a mess of, make a botch of; bitch it, miscarry, abort, go up like a rocket and come down like the stick, come down in flames, get shot down, reckon without one's host; get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear; (blunder, mismanage).

Intention

Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye,

Bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to.

Pleasure

A wilderness of sweets; "I wish you all the joy that you can wish"; jour de ma vie; "joy ruled the day and love the night"; "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt"; "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!"; "there is a pleasure that is born of pain"; "throned on highest bliss"; vedi Napoli e poi muori; zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit.

Pursuit

Verb: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on; (do); engage in; (undertake); set about; (begin); endeavor; court; (request) seek; (search); aim at; (intention); follow the trail; (trace); fish for; (experiment); press on; (haste); run a race; (velocity).

Unskillfulness

Mistake; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); bark up the wrong tree; be in the wrong box, aim at a pigeon and kill a crow; take the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, get the dirty end of the stick; put the saddle on the wrong horse, put a square peg into a round hole, put new wine into old bottles.

Crosswords: Aim

Portuguese (avalanche induced migration).

We both graduated college after taking summer classes, a major feat considering our aim in college was to be as destructive as possible (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.)

I only have one request: that you aim for my heart, my heart which has loved this country so much (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas)

So is your aim. (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; writing credit: Pen Densham)

Aim for the heart, or you'll never stop me. (Per un pugno di dollari; writing credit: A. Bonzzoni; Víctor Andrés Catena)

I aim to raise that doubt in your minds, friends (Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter; writing credit: Alan Finney; John D. Lamond)

And every star in the sky is taking aim (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply)

Just aim beyond the clouds (I Made It Through The Rain; performing artist: Barry Manilow)

Don't you know I only aim to please (Lay Your Hands On Me; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

I left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

What your aim is (There It Is; performing artist: Ginuwine)

If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. (references; author: unknown)

When you aim for perfection, you discover it is a moving target. (references; author: unknown)

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself. (references; author: unknown)

My aim is that when my hands will work no longer, that the works of my hands will still continue to keep on working. (references; author: unknown)

We Aim to Please (1934)

Cupid's Bad Aim (1913)

Dead Aim (1994)

We Aim to Please (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Aim Distribution Trust P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Aim Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• AIM Services Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The AIM Trust plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Aim VCT P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Aim for the Heart: Write for the Ear, Shoot for the Eye: A Guide for TV Producers and Reporters (reference)

• Dead Aim (reference)

• No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (reference)

• Take Dead Aim (reference)

• The Principles of Self-Mastery: An Introduction to the Mastermind, a Definite Chief Aim, Self-Confidence, the Habit of Saving (Law of Success, Vol 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Aim (reference)

• Aim - Independent Newsletter Of The Automotive Industry (reference)

• Aim - Sport Federation Canada (reference)

• Aim : Americas Intercultural Magazine (reference)

• Aim : Liturgy Resources (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dead Aim (reference)

• Take Aim on Fitness Vol. 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cisco 3660 Des/3des Vpnencryption Aim for 3660-high Perfor (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Contract and finance specialists from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top Dollar 2000 team aim their 9mm guns at their targets during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales)..

Across the country, ARS scientists who work with wheat aim to make U.S.-grown grain better all the time. It's not an easy job. Techniques for successfully slipping new genes into crops like tomatoes or petunias typically don't work on wheat. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Liberty our aim! Washington our example!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Submarine chasers. They keep Uncle Sam's naval bombers in practice. Target boats nearing completion at an Eastern yard. Bombers drop sandbag "bombs" on the armored decks to sharpen their aim when they are handling the real "eggs of war." Marin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Liberty our aim! Washington our example!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Unite in one aim, Iranian revolution] [long live Iran's people revolution]. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The more openly this despotism proclaims gain to be its end and aim, the more petty, the more hatef ul and the more embittering it is. (reference)

We aim at nothing but mutual assistance and collaboration. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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But what would I have then? The aim to which I have aspired for so many years, my nightly dream,

Set that before you as your first aim.

But canst thou guess that he doth aim at it

When we get to California I aim to get me a nice car.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some behavior management techniques aim to influence the entire spectrum of disturbing behaviors. (references)

The public efforts should aim at education concerning the need for periodic screening for melanoma. (references)

Clinical studies with patients aim to improve the diagnosis and management of different arrhythmias. (references)

Business

These tourists will aim at visiting cultural sites, theaters and world-famous landmarks. (references)

By doing so they aim to achieve a competitive advantage against competitors in both industries. (references)

Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty of Rome aim to safeguard competition within the European Union. (references)

Children

Latvia

Provisions in the Labor Law and other laws aim to protect persons with disabilities from bias in the workplace and from job discrimination. (references)

Guatemala

COPREDEH continued weekly meetings of the Permanent Commission for Children, composed of representatives from Casa Alianza and from the judicial and executive branches, with the aim of addressing the problems of street children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

On September 19, a State Security Emergency Court found Mamdouh Mahran, editor in chief of the two publications, guilty of propagating false information with the aim of inciting sectarian strife and insulting a heavenly religion. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

Both aim to identify reputable and capable agents/distributors. (references)

Argentina

Distributors purchase goods directly from the manufacturer with the aim of reselling them. (references)

Finland

Since then, the major aim of the government's fiscal policy has been to curb the growth of debt. (references)

Human Rights

San Marino

The judicial system requires that the country's lower court judges be noncitizens, with the aim of assuring impartiality; most lower court judges are Italian. (references)

Indigenous People

South Africa

Traditional leaders and government representatives met several times during the year to discuss the relative roles of traditional leaders and municipal structures with the aim of drafting a legislative amendment setting out these roles. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

NGO's and individuals in the health and education fields that aim to improve living conditions for the Roma have had only minimal impact, sometimes due to the attitudes or intransigence of local authorities. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Government fiscal policies aim to distribute oil wealth to UAE nationals by a variety of means. (references)

Panama

The U.S. Embassy and other agencies are currently working with their Panamanian counterparts towards this aim. (references)

OMAN

Oman's policies on development of light industry, fisheries, and agriculture aim to make those sectors competitive internationally. (references)

Political Rights

Hong Kong

The Basic Law states that "the ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures." To date, the Government has not initiated any steps to prepare for a change in the procedure for choosing the Chief Executive. (references)

Hong Kong

A bill calling for an accelerated time line for direct election of all Legislative Council seats was defeated in the Legislative Council in 1998. The Basic Law states that the "ultimate aim is the election of all the members of the Legislative Council by universal suffrage." In August, the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights noted that the "current arrangements for the election of the Legislative Council include some undemocratic features which impede the full enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights" in Hong Kong. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

Its aim is to ensure that a manufacturer's product will remain the same regardless of when it is taken off the production line. (references)

Women

Benin

Certain provisions of the bill aim to ensure equal inheritance and property rights for women. (references)

Belgium

The law defines and criminalizes domestic violence, with the aim of protecting married and unmarried partners. (references)

Bahrain

Some women complain that admissions policies at the National University aim to increase the number of male students at the expense of qualified female applicants, especially Shi'a women. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

To be considered legal, the strike must aim to obtain or modify a collective bargaining agreement and to defend the professional interests of workers. (references)

Pakistan

The Bunyad Literacy Community Council and Sudhaar also run schools focusing on children who work in the soccer ball and carpet industries; their programs aim to transition children out of working and into mainstream schooling. (references)

South Africa

Notwithstanding the existence of the CCMA and specialist courts for labor disputes, the aim of industrial relations is to minimize the need for judicial intervention in labor relations, leaving it to the contending parties to resolve disputes whenever possible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "aim": achieve one's aim ♦ aim a blow at ♦ aim a pistol at ♦ aim a rifle at smb. ♦ aim at ♦ aim at doing ♦ aim at smth. ♦ aim for ♦ aim high ♦ aim to do ♦ aim to do smth. ♦ direct aim ♦ fall short of one's aim ♦ have a single aim in view ♦ hit one's aim ♦ miss one's aim ♦ prospective aim ♦ specific aim ♦ spoil one's aim ♦ sure in aim ♦ take accurate aim ♦ take aim ♦ take aim at ♦ To cry aim ♦ To take aim ♦ ulterior aim ♦ with the aim of ♦ with the aim of doing smth. ♦ without aim. Additional references.

Beginning with "aim": aim-directed, aim-inhibited, aim-off.

Ending with "aim": euro-aim, mis-aim.

Afrikaans

oogmerk (goal, purpose, target), doel (goal, purpose, target), bedoel (intend, mean). (various references)

Albanian

qëllim (ambition, aspiration, cause, design, designation, end, goal, idea, intent, intention, Mark, mission, notion, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, term, thought, view). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدف (butt, clout, end, goal, ideal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, study, target, tendency, view), ‏قصد (design, end, go to, goal, have in mind, intend, intent, intention, mean, motive, object, purpose, repair to, sake, seek), ‏وجه (aspect, boss, change, control, countenance, cox, destine, direct, engineer, face, guide, maw, mug, mush, officer, orient oneself, orientate, pan, phiz, point, preside, rein, shepherd, snout, steer, visage), ‏غاية (destination, end, goal, mean, object, plan, point, purpose, tendency, uttermost), ‏غرض (destination, end, intent, objective, point, prejudice, purpose, study, tendency), ‏حاول (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, essay, give it a try, have a try, make a bid, make up, seek, study, try), ‏تصويب (aiming, point, sight), ‏تاق (ache, aspire, crave, desire, gasp, hanker, hone, hunger, pant, want, wish, yearn), ‏سعى (endeavor, endeavour, pursue, strive), ‏سدد (charge, clear, discharge, hit, predominate, shoot). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стремеж (appetite, drift, hankering, intent, intention, search, seeking, striving, yen, zeal), хвърлям (broadcast, cast, cob, dart, dash, draw, fling, fling down, flung, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, pass, pitch, plunk, pounce, precipitate, project, send, shadow, shed, shoot, shoot out, sling, sock, throw, throw off, throw out, toss, toss about, whop), целя, цел (ambition, consummation, designation, destination, effect, end, goal, intent, intention, mission, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, turn), възнамерявам (design, have the intention, intend, mean, propose, purpose, think, think of), насочвам (bring round, fasten, guide, launch, lay, level, point at, present, refer, ride at, set, set on, shape, sight, steer), намерение (aiming, animus, design, drift, intent, intention, motion, notion, object, plan, purpose, scope, thought, view), запращам (dash, drive, hurl, leg it, pitch, project, send, smash, sock, speed, throw, whirl), прицелвам се (level, point at, range, sight), прицел (cockshy, sight), имам намерение (intend, mean, plan, purpose), имам за цел (mean, set out). (various references)

Catalan

fi (conclusion, end, ending, goal, purpose, target). (various references)

Chinese 

的 (clear, of, ox-horns, really and truly, wing of an army), 目的 (goal, objective, purpose, target), 目标 (AIMS, goal, target), 博 (ample, and a half, extensive, half, incomplete, obtain, plentiful, rich, semi-, to gamble, to get, to win), 旨 (imperial decree, purport, purpose), 對準 . (various references)

Czech

zamířit (direct, sight, take aim, wend), zacílení, smìřovat (lead up, lead up to, look, make for, point, tend), mínit (deem, mean, opine), míření, cíl (goal, object, objective, purpose, target). (various references)

Danish

sigte (intend), mål (goal, measure, measurement, purpose, target), hensigt (goal, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target), bestræbe sig (attempt, endeavour, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Dutch

aanleggen (build, construct, install, level, take aim). (various references)

Esperanto

alŝultriĝi (take aim), peni (attempt, endeavour, try), klopodi (attempt, endeavour, take steps, undertake), ekceli (take aim), celo (goal, purpose), celi (intend). (various references)

Faeroese

strevast (attempt, bother, endeavour, strive for, try), stevnumið (goal, purpose, target), sjabba (attempt, bother, endeavour, try), royna (attempt, endeavour, go through, live to see, take steps, test, try, undertake), mál (affair, business, business deal, case, goal, idiom, language, matter, problem, purpose, speech, target, tongue, trouble), kýta seg (attempt, bother, endeavour, try), gera sær ómak (attempt, endeavour, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Farsi 

قصدداشتن (Intend, Mean, Purpose), دانستن (Account, Adjudge, Ascribe, Cognize, Con, Have, Know, Learn, Wit), شمردن (Count, Enumerate, Figure, Include, Number, Rate, Reckon, Repute), راهنماءی (Guidance, Instruction, Steerage), رسیدن (Accede, Achieve, Amount, Arrive, Attain, Come, Gain, Get, Land, Receive, Strand), رهبری (Conduction, Direction, Guidance, Lead, Leadership, Steer), ارزیابی کردن (Appraisal, Appraise, Evaluate), جهت (Course, Point, Sake, Set, Vector), حدس (Conjecture, Guess, Surmise), به نتیجه رسیدن , قراول رفتن (Address, Direct), فرض کردن (Adjudge, Assume, Count, Deem, Hypothesize, Imagine, Posit, Presume, Put, Repute, Suppose), نشان (Attribute, Badge, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), نشانه گرفتن (Level), هدف (Butt, Cause, Goal, Mark, Object, Parrot, Point, Prick, Purpose, Scope, Sight, Target, Victim), هدف گیری کردن (Target), مراد (Gist, Wish), مقصد (Destination, Goal), میدان (Ground, Place, Plaza, Purview, Ring, Scope, Square), گمان (Assumption, Belief, Conjecture, Doubt, Guess, Idea, Impression, Opinion, Supposition, Surmise, Thought). (various references)

Finnish

päämäärä (goal, object, purpose, target). (various references)

French

but, peiner. (various references)

Frisian

doel (goal, intention, meaning, plan, purpose, target). (various references)

German

zielen (aiming, be aimed, be directed, intend, present), Ziel (credit period, designation, destination, end, finish, finishing line, finishing-post, goal, home, object, objective, point, purpose, pursuit, target, winning post), Zweck (end, function,