aim

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

doel

doelstelling

mikpunt

toeleg

beproeven

mikken op

aspireren

moeite doen

beëindiging

zich beijveren

zich inspannen

ten doel hebben

voleinding

point at

address

object to

shoot for

hope for

aim for

strive for

train on

wend

accuse falsely

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

be after

focus on

point to

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/eɪm/

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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