aim

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
3. Intention or goal.
4. The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
5. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.

Verb

1. To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
2. To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
3. To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
4. To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
5. (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.

Sinonieme

purpose

goal

objective

target

intention

object

intend

direct

intent

point

plan

end

🔚

aspire

mark

design

strive

mean

aim at

motive

propose

take aim

purport

point at

sight

desire

direction

wish

butt

train

🚋

destination

try

orient

drive

level

sake

🍶

take

focus

expect

determine

get

place

crave

address

have in mind

long

idea

💡

endeavour

meaning

opinion

criterion

object to

yearn

standard

zero in

bearing

calculate

intension

drive at

guess

premeditate

shoot

readiness

head

shoot for

fix

heading

steer

reason

hope

pursue

hope for

finish

policy

attempt

endeavor

aim for

pay

💸

draw a bead on

turn

gist

sights

aspiration

want

plot

quasi

quest

quota

raise

read

📖

refer

reference

refute

request

rule

run

scar

scheme

scope

seek

🔍

semi

sentinel

sentry

show

significance

spy

stand for

stare

statement

strain

strive for

style

task

tenor

termination

terminus

theme

thing

think of

threaten

throw

train on

turn to

view

viewfinder

wend

write down

yardstick

zero

accuse falsely

canalise

correspond to

head for

home in

home on

intend to

range in

steer for

airt

point to 3

apply correspondingly

being proportionate to

conforming to

main meaning

have designs on

goal end

have a mine

drive for

travel purposefully

shoot at / for

look wiht covetous eyes

destination goal

homing on

(to) endeavour

(to) endeavor

gun-sight

acquiring

afflict

aggrieve

aims

align

aline

allocate

ambition

angle

animus

appropriate

approximation

assault

associate

avoid

be after

betoken

bother

canalize

cause

chance

🎲

charge

collimate

conclusion

criticize

denote

designate

destine

dispirited

dispose

distress

drift

effect

ending

estimate

exert

exhibit

expectations

extend

finality

fire

🔥

focus on

gear

⚙️

give

go for

ground

gunsight

hopes

ideal

imply

import

incline

indicate

infer

irritate

issue

item

keep an eye on

keynote

laying

long for

make

manifest

menace

mind

note down

notion

occasion

outlook

pitch

pointing

point out

point to

poverty-stricken

prefigure

present

pretension

principle

prove

purposely

pursuit

purview

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/eɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

The verb is from Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.
The noun is from Middle English ame, from Old French aesme, esme.