aim
EN
[eɪm] [-eɪm] 
US WAim
- NounPLaims
- 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, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
- My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings and kids happy.
- OBS Conjecture; guess.
- Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
- 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, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- VerbSGaimsPRaimingPT, PPaimed
- VI 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.
- VI 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; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
- 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.
- VT 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).
- OBS To guess or conjecture.
- VI 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.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The dentist aimed the X-ray tube at my mouth to find the cavity.
- This tendency may enhance an electoral strategy of parties which is often called catch-allism: parties seek to accomplish a wide electoral appeal aimed at vote maximization.
- I wasn't aiming to hurt you; it's just how things worked out.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of aim in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "aim" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.