aim
Significado (Inglés)
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- 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.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention or goal.
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
Conceptos
poner la mira
apuntar a
aspirar a
Sinónimos
point at
address
object to
shoot for
hope for
aim for
strive for
train on
wend
accuse falsely
correspond to
head for
home on
intend to
range in
steer for
point to 3
apply correspondingly
being proportionate to
conforming to
main meaning
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
be after
focus on
point to
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/eɪm/
Etimología (Inglés)
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.
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