aim at sth
— phrasal verb with aim uk/eɪm/us/eɪm/verb
C2 to plan, hope, or intend to achieve something:
The talks are aiming at a compromise.
[ + -ing verb ] The government's campaign is aimed at influencing public opinion.
More examples
- The talks are aimed at finding a mutually agreeable solution.
- The talks are aimed at furthering detente between the two countries.
- The negotiations are aimed at achieving a lasting peace between the two sides.
- Talks aimed at bringing a lasting peace to the region broke down last night.
- The latest discussions involve a plan aimed at ending ethnic violence in the province.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim sth at sb
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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