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Definition of Aim
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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; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target. 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. To guess or conjecture. 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). 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. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. Intention; purpose; design; scheme. Conjecture; guess. Related Definitions:
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Aim Quotations
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. C. S. Lewis Aim for the highest. Andrew Carnegie Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. David Frost We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Aim Translations
aim in Afrikaans is oogmerk, doel, bedoel aim in Dutch is aanleggen aim in French is visez, dgssein, mire, visons, but, peiner, visent aim in German is zielen, beabsichtigen, Ziel, Ziel aim in Italian is scopo, proposito aim in Latin is intendo, calx aim in Portuguese is alvo aim in Spanish is fin, conato |
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