Definition of Aim

Aim 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. 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. To guess or conjecture. To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice). The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, 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; purpose; design; scheme. Conjecture; guess. Related Definitions: Accomplishment, Act, Affect, Affected, Against, Aim, An, Anything, Arrow, As, At, Attained, Attempt, Be, Blow, By, Conjecture, Dart, Design, Direct, Direction, Discourse, Distinction, Do, Endeavor, Fire, Fist, Followed, Fox, Gain, Guess, Gun, Hit, Hitting, In, Indention, Infinitive, Intended, Intent, Intention, It, Line, Missile, Musket, Object, Of, Or, Particular, Person, Point, Pointing, Proceeding, Purpose, Reflection, Remark, Satire, Scheme, Some, Something, Spear, Spot, Strike, Struck, Target, The, To, Towards, Try, Vice, View, Weapon, Well, Which, With

Aim Quotations Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Thomas Jefferson The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. Albert Einstein Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. Mohandas Gandhi Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. C. S. Lewis You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway. Walt Disney The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. Aristotle Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. Henry David Thoreau Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau

Aim Translations aim in Afrikaans is oogmerk, doel, bedoel aim in Dutch is aanleggen aim in French is visez, dgssein, mire, visons, but, peiner, visent aim in German is zielen, beabsichtigen, Ziel, Ziel aim in Italian is scopo, proposito aim in Latin is intendo, calx aim in Portuguese is alvo aim in Spanish is fin, conato