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Definitions of aim:

noun: the action of directing something at an object
Example: "He took aim and fired"
noun: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
noun: the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
noun: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Example: "It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"
verb: propose or intend
Example: "I aim to arrive at noon"
verb: direct (a remark) toward an intended goal
Example: "She wanted to aim a pun"
verb: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
Example: "Please don't aim at your little brother!"
verb: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
verb: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Example: "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"
verb: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
verb: move into a desired direction of discourse

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to aim: (110 results)
Synonyms:
aspire, bearing, calculate, design, direct, drive, get, heading, intent, intention, object, objective, place, point, propose, purport, purpose, shoot for, take, take aim, target, train

More general:
be after, designate, destine, direction, end, goal, guidance, infliction, intend, mean, plan, position, specify, steering, think, way

More specific:
address, business, charge, cross-purpose, hit, hold, home in, idea, level, mind, overshoot, range in, sake, swing, tack, thing, view, will, zero in

Often used in the same context:
aiming, aims, ain, everlasting, focus, ink, paint, rank, tech, zeal

Appears in the definition of:
., alliance, attainment, be all and end all, be-all and end-all, bowling, butt, carrying out, chat up, counterrevolution, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, crisis intervention, directness, draw a bead on, drive around, execution, eyedness, fume, fumigate, implementation, indirect fire, lurch, motor, please, prey, process, prowl, purposeful, quarry, saunter, sharpshoot, sharpshooter, snipe, stroll, treat, true, trueness, utilitarianism, vocational rehabilitation, zionism, zionist movement

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