aim
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The verb is from Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.
The noun is from Middle English ame, from Old French aesme, esme.
Inflected forms:
form: aims
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aims
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: aiming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: aimed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: aimed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
pos: noun
examples: to take aim
Take time with the aim of your gun.
2012, "The Legend of the Gobblewonker", season 1, episode 2 of Gravity Falls, spoken by Grunkle Stan, voiced by Alex Hirsch
My ex-wife still misses me, but her aim is getting better!
gloss: The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
pos: noun
gloss: Intention or goal.
pos: noun
examples: My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings, and kids happy.
There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure—which, and not labour, is the aim of man—or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.
As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
gloss: The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
pos: noun
examples: The police officer has excellent aim, always hitting the bullseye in shooting practice.
He has a bad aim, so he decided to join archery classes.
gloss: Conjecture; guess.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: What you would work me to, I have some aim.
gloss: To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He aimed at the target, but the arrow flew straight over it.
gloss: To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to aim at a pass
to aim to do well in life
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.
Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.
gloss: To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to aim an arrow at the deer
She aimed a punch at her ex-boyfriend.
He aimed the gun at him and he held his hands up in surrender.
gloss: To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to aim a satirical comment at Communists in general
gloss: To guess or conjecture.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: But, good my lord, do it so cunningly / That my discovery be not aimed at;
Synonyms: design
end
ettle
intention
mint
object
purpose
scheme
scope
tendency
Derived words: aim assist
aimbot
aim community
aim-crier
aimful
aimless
aimpoint
aimworthy
cry aim
take aim
aimable
aim at
aimer
aim for
aim for the sky
aim for the stars
aim high
misaim
ready
fire!
reaim
unaiming
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