If you wad up a piece of paper and line up a shot at a wastebasket, you are taking aim. If instead, the paper bounces off your teacher's head, then your aim was way off.
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;
Noun
the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired"
Noun
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
Noun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his d
Noun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
Verb
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
Verb
propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
Verb
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Verb
direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun"
Verb
move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
Verb
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
Verb
aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don''t aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don''t train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one''s opponent"
v. i.
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.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To guess or conjecture.
v. t.
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).
v. i.
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.
v. i.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be
attained or affected.
v. i.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
v. i.
Conjecture; guess.
Aim
Aim'st thou at princes?3.
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Each at the head leveled his deadly aim.2.
To be the aim of every dangerous shot.3.
How oft ambitious aims are crossed!4.
What you would work me to, I have some aim.
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;
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;
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.
Usage Examples
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
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Other Usage ExamplesAn aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
Don't aim for success if you want it just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much.
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers, so that the aim of exact science is to reduce the problems of nature to the determination of quantities by operations with numbers.
And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.
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