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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Aim \Aim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Aiming.] [OE. amen, aimen, eimen, to guess at, to estimate,
to aim, OF. esmer, asmer, fr. L. aestimare to estimate; or
perh. fr. OF. aesmer; ? (L. ad) + esmer. See Estimate.]
1. To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which
propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the
intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
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2. To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the
accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;
-- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at
distinction; to aim to do well.
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Aim'st thou at princes? --Pope.
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3. To guess or conjecture. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Aim \Aim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Aiming.] [OE. amen, aimen, eimen, to guess at, to estimate,
to aim, OF. esmer, asmer, fr. L. aestimare to estimate; or
perh. fr. OF. aesmer; ? (L. ad) + esmer. See Estimate.]
1. To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which
propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the
intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
2. To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the
accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;
-- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at
distinction; to aim to do well.
Aim'st thou at princes? --Pope.
3. To guess or conjecture. [Obs.] --Shak.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
n.
The act of one who aims.
vb.
(present participle of en aim nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
n.
The act of one who aims.
vb.
(present participle of en aim nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
n.
The act of one who aims.
vb.
(present participle of en aim nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
n.
The act of one who aims.
vb.
(present participle of en aim nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a im ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
aiming
Engelska a.
(avledning en aim ordform=prespart)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Aiming /ˈeɪmɪŋ/ التّوجيهFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
aiming /ˈeɪmɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zaměřování
aiming /ˈeɪmɪŋ/ abzielend, zielend see: aim at sth., aimed, aims, aimed, We aim to give you the best possible service.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
aiming /ˈeɪmɪŋ/
bezweckend
Synonym: aiming to achieve
see: aim at, aim to achieve, aimed, aims, aimed
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]aiming /ˈeɪmɪŋ/ το να σημαδεύει κανείςFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]/ˈeɪmɪŋ/
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