aimnoun
uk/eɪm/us/eɪm/aim noun (INTENTION)
B1 [ C ] a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieve:
My main aim in life is to be a good husband and father.
Our short-term aim is to deal with our current financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is to improve the company's profitability.
The leaflet has been produced with the aim of increasing public awareness of the disease.
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- The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.
- The aim was to cut off the enemy's escape route.
- The aim is to improve the public image of the police.
- The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design.
- She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Goals and purposes
- affordance
- ambition
- aspiration
- avail
- cause 1
- dedicated
- deliverable
- end
- KPI
- object
- objective
- order
- orientation
- point
- poodle
- poodle around (sth)
- prize
- should
- use
- utility
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aim noun (POINTING)
[ U ] the act of pointing a weapon towards something:
He fired six shots at the target, but his aim was terrible, and he missed all of them.
She raised her gun, took aim and fired.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Target sports
- archer
- archery
- arrow
- bolt
- bullseye
- clay pigeon
- dart
- dartboard
- marksman
- marksmanship
- markswoman
- pot
- quiver
- sharpshooter
- shooter
- shooting
- shooting gallery
- target
- target practice
- trapshooting
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Aiming and aim
aimverb
uk/eɪm/us/eɪm/aim verb (INTEND)
B1 [ I ] to intend:
[ + to infinitive ] I aim to be a millionaire by the time I'm 35.
We are aiming for (= planning to achieve) a 50 percent share of the German market.
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- We always aim to give our clients personal attention.
- Psychoanalysts aim to explore the innermost recesses of the mind.
- The Pentagon is aiming to cut US forces by over 25 percent in the next five years.
- We're aiming to expand our customer base.
- The builders are aiming to get the job done by the end of the month.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- outlook
- promise
- reckon on sth
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
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aim verb (POINT)
[ I or T ] to point or direct a weapon towards someone or something that you want to hit:
Aim (the arrow) a little above the target.
Aim at the yellow circle.
There are hundreds of nuclear missiles aimed at the main cities.
She aimed (= directed) a kick at my shins.
Let's aim for (= go in the direction of) Coventry first, and then we'll have a look at the map.
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- In a level voice, he ordered the soldiers to aim and fire.
- She aimed at the target.
- The gun turret revolved until the gun was aimed at the advancing soldiers.
- Video footage clearly shows a police officer aiming a pistol at a demonstrator.
- She picked up an apple and aimed it at his head.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Aiming and aim
- direct
- home
- home in on sth/sb
- level
- level sth at sb
- target
- train
- zero
- zero in on sth/sb
Phrasal verb(s)
aim at sth
aim sth at sb