aim

Etymology 1
The verb is from, , , borrowed from , , , from plus , the compound perhaps being originally formed in 🇨🇬 , perhaps in Old French. The noun is from, from ,.

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)  Conjecture; guess.
 * 1) The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
 * 2)  Conjecture; guess.
 * 1) The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
 * 2)  Conjecture; guess.
 * 1) The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
 * 2)  Conjecture; guess.
 * 1)  Conjecture; guess.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , , , , ; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: aimsiú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 조준하다
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: цэль, мішэ́нь
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tähtäyspiste,
 * French:
 * Galician: fito, sisto
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: нишан
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ме́та, нѝшан
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: terč
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, міше́нь


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: маҡсат, ниәт
 * Belarusian:, цэль, наме́р
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tuyo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: σκοπός
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Macedonian: цел, мета
 * Malay:, توجوان
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori:
 * Ottoman Turkish: مقصد, هدف, غایه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: amas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ци̑љ, ме́та
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: cieľ
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: maksat
 * Ukrainian:, ,


 * Romanian: ,
 * Swahili: ,

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;&mdash;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)  To guess or conjecture.
 * 1)  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
 * 2)  To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
 * 3)  To guess or conjecture.
 * 1)  To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
 * 2)  To guess or conjecture.
 * 1)  To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
 * 2)  To guess or conjecture.
 * 1)  To guess or conjecture.

Usage notes

 * Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Asturian: solmenar
 * Azerbaijani: tuşlamaq
 * Belarusian: цэ́ліцца, прыцэ́львацца, прыцэ́ліцца
 * Bulgarian:, прице́лвам се, прице́ля се
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, namířit,
 * Danish: rette
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hadza: tanche
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: tarkata, tarkoittaa
 * Irish: aimsigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Luxembourgish: biichten
 * Macedonian: цели
 * Maori: kero, whakakeko, titiro whakakeko
 * Ottoman Turkish: نشانلامق
 * Polish:, wycelować,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amais
 * Slovak: mieriť, zamieriť
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:, , приці́литися
 * Vietnamese:


 * Belarusian: пра́гнуць, намага́цца
 * Bulgarian: стремя́ се, домо́гвам се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: zamýšlet
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: aimsigh
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: មានបំណង
 * Old Church Slavonic: направити
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , име́ть в виду́,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amais
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: пра́гнути, намага́тися


 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

Final

 * 1) control, influence; see

Etymology
Of Finnic origin. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) sense, idea of something, feeling

Etymology
Derived from.

Noun

 * 1)  A hot glow, a blast of hot air

Noun

 * 1) name

Etymology
From, from ,.

Noun

 * 1) intent