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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aim has 4 senses

• aim(n = noun.cognition) design, intent, intention, purpose - 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 designs"
is a kind of end, goal
has particulars: idea, mind, cross-purpose, final cause, sake, view, will
Derived form verb aim₂

• aim(n = noun.cognition) object, objective, target - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
is a kind of end, goal
has particulars: grail, business, point, thing
Derived form verb aim₂

• aim(n = noun.act) Array - the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired"
is a kind of direction, guidance, steering
Derived forms verb aim₅, verb aim₁

• aim(n = noun.location) bearing, heading - the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies; Array
is a kind of direction, way
has particulars: tack

Verb aim has 7 senses

• aim(v = verb.competition) direct, take, take aim, train - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "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"
is one way to position
Derived form noun aim₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

• aim(v = verb.cognition) propose, purport, purpose - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
is one way to intend, mean, think
Derived forms noun aim₂, noun aim₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

• aim(v = verb.communication) drive, get - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
is one way to intend, mean
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

• aim(v = verb.cognition) calculate, direct - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public; Array
is one way to designate, destine, intend, specify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• aim(v = verb.competition) direct, place, point, target - 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"
is one way to aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Derived form noun aim₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

• aim(v = verb.communication) Array - direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun"
is one way to intend, mean
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• aim(v = verb.cognition) aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for - have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal; Array
is one way to be after, plan
Sample sentence:
They aim to move

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DEVIL DICTIONARY

aim

n. The task we set our wishes to.

"Cheer up! Have you no aim in life?"
She tenderly inquired.
"An aim? Well, no, I haven't, wife;
The fact is -- I have fired."
G.J.

THESAURUS

aim

address, affectation, aim at, ambition, angle, animus, aspiration, aspire, aspire after, aspire to, atmosphere, attempt, aura, azimuth, be after, be determined, bear, bearing, bend, bent, butt, by-end, by-purpose, cast, character, choose, complacency, concentrate, contemplate, counsel, course, covet, crave, current, descant, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, destination, destine, determination, determine, diapason, direct, direction, direction line, directionize, dispose, drift, drive at, effect, end, end in view, endeavor, essay, expect, feel, feeling, final cause, fix, fix on, fixed purpose, focus, function, game, go, go for, goal, harbor a design, have every intention, have in view, head, heading, helmsmanship, hold a heading, hold on, idea, idol, inclination, incline, intend, intendment, intent, intention, labor, lay, lead, level, level at, lie, line, line of direction, line of march, loftiness, lugs, mannerism, mark, mean, meaning, measure, melodia, melody, mind, mood, motive, navigation, nisus, object, object in mind, objective, orientation, ostentation, pant, piloting, plan, point, point at, point to, present, pretentiousness, prey, project, property, proposal, propose, prospectus, purport, purpose, pursuit, quality, quarry, quarter, quintain, range, reason for being, resolution, resolve, run, sake, seek, self-importance, semblance, set, show, sight on, steer, steerage, steering, strain, strive, striving, struggle, study, sweat, sweat blood, take aim, target, teleology, tend, tend to go, tendency, tenor, think, track, train, train upon, trend, try, tune, turn, turn upon, ultimate aim, urge, vainglory, vanity, verge, view, want, warble, way, will, wish, yearn for

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Intention

N intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, the be all and the end all, drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology, intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.

Essay

N essay, trial, endeavor, attempt, aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut, probation, essaying, experimental, tentative, empirical, probationary, experimentally, on trial, at a venture, by rule of thumb, if one may be so bold, aut non tentaris aut perfice, chi non s'arrischia non guadagna.

Direction

N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

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