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Definitions for Aim

[1] to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
[2] to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose: to aim a satire at snobbery.
[3] to point or direct a gun, punch, etc., toward: He aimed at the target but missed it.
[4] to strive; try (usually followed by to or at ): We aim to please. They aim at saving something every month.
[5] to intend: She aims to go tomorrow.
[6] to direct efforts, as toward an object: The satire aimed at modern greed.
[7] Obsolete . to estimate; guess.
[8] the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
[9] the direction in which a weapon or missile is pointed; the line of sighting: within the cannon's aim.
[10] the point intended to be hit; thing or person aimed at: to miss one's aim.
[11] something intended or desired to be attained by one's efforts; purpose: whatever his aim in life may be.
[12] Obsolete . conjecture; guess.
[13] take aim , to sight a target: to take aim and fire.
[14] American Indian Movement.
[15] to point (a weapon, missile, etc) or direct (a blow) at a particular person or object; level
[16] (tr) to direct (satire, criticism, etc) at a person, object, etc
[17] (intr; foll by at or an infinitive ) to propose or intend we aim to leave early
[18] (intr; often foll by at or for) to direct one's efforts or strive (towards) to aim at better communications ; to aim high
[19] the action of directing something at an object
[20] the direction in which something is pointed; line of sighting (esp in the phrase to take aim )
[21] the object at which something is aimed; target
[22] intention; purpose
[23] (in Britain) Alternative Investment Market

Words related to Aim

desire, direction, target, wish, aspiration, intention, intent, purpose, ambition, objective, plan, intend, propose, focus, direct, try, design, want, address, mean

Words nearby Aim

ailment, ailurophile, ailurophilia, ailurophobe, ailurophobia, aim, aim to, aimak, aimee, aiming point, aimless

Origin of Aim

1275–1325; late Middle English aimen < Anglo-French a(e)smer, eimer, Old French aesmer < Vulgar Latin *adaestimāre, equivalent to Latin ad- ad- + aestimāre (see estimate); replacing Middle English amen < Old French (dial.) amer < Latin aestimāre

Other words from Aim

aim·er , noun
aim·ful , adjective
aim·ful·ly , adverb
mis·aim , verb, noun
un·aimed , adjective
un·aim·ing , adjective
un·der·aim , noun
un·der·aim , verb
well-aimed , adjective

Word origin for Aim

C14: via Old French aesmer from Latin aestimāre to estimate

Synonyms for Aim

ambition, aspiration, desire, direction, intent, intention, objective, plan, purpose, target, wish, course, desideratum, design, end, mark, object, scheme, where one is heading