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Vinony

aim

noun

  1. act/process of having a goal, purpose, or intention; planning an action or desired outcome
  2. act/process of pointing or directing motion at a target, literally or figuratively, especially weapons
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verb

  1. to plan an action, intend
  2. to point or direct motion at a target, literally or figuratively, especially weapons
  3. directed motion
L5714 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /eɪm/

name

  1. Initialism of Agape International Missions.
  2. Initialism of Asteroid Impact Mission.
  3. Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.
  4. Initialism of Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite.
  5. AIM, the secondary stock market of the London Stock Exchange; formerly an initialism of Alternative Investment Market.
  6. Initialism of American Indian Movement.

    “There are Schimmel Sister stickers, and Navajo Nation stickers, Cherokee Nation stickers, Idle No More, and AIM flags duct-taped to antennas.”

noun

  1. Acronym of air intercept missile.

verb

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.

  1. To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it

    “He aimed at the target, but the arrow flew straight over it.”

  2. 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

    “to aim at a pass”

    “to aim to do well in life”

  3. 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

    “to aim an arrow at the deer”

    “She aimed a punch at her ex-boyfriend.”

  4. To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group

    “to aim a satirical comment at Communists in general”

  5. To guess or conjecture.

    “But, good my lord, do it so cunningly / That my discovery be not aimed at;”