AIM
\ˈe͡ɪm], \ˈeɪm], \ˈeɪ_m]\
Definitions of AIM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
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propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
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direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun"
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move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
By Princeton University
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the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
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propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
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direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun"
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move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
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To guess or conjecture.
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To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
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The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
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The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
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Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
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Conjecture; guess.
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To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; - followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
By Oddity Software
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
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To guess or conjecture.
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To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
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The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
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The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
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Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
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Conjecture; guess.
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To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; - followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
By Noah Webster.
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To guess or conjecture.
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(with at) To point at with a weapon: to direct the intention or endeavor.
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To point, as a weapon or firearm.
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The pointing of a weapon: the thing pointed at: design: intention.
By Daniel Lyons
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To endeavor; to point a weapon at something.
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To point or direct (a weapon) so as to hit something.
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A purpose; an endeavor; target; the pointing of a weapon.
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Aimed.
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Aiming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To direct toward a mark or point; point or level; have a purpose; endeavor earnestly.
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The act of aiming; line of direction of anything aimed; object or point aimed at; purpose.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of aiming; the object aimed at; purpose; design.
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To direct or point, as a weapon.
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To point at with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or effort; to endeavour.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To throw at an object; to direct a weapon to; to endeavour; to purpose or design.
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The object or point intended to be struck; purpose; intention.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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