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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "aim"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct or guide something such as a weapon at a person or thing
Transitive: to aim a weapon | to aim a weapon somewhere
to aim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers were trained to aim their rifles accurately during marksmanship drills.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāχāĻĢ⧇āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to intend or attempt to achieve something
Transitive: to aim to do sth
to aim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company is aiming to expand into new markets this year.
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct criticism, humor, or other forms of expression toward a person, group, or thing
Transitive: to aim a discourse or expression at sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The article aimed harsh criticism at the company ’s environmental practices.
āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct a product, event, information, etc. toward a specific target audience group
Transitive: to aim a product or event at a target group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conference was aimed at leaders in the tech industry.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to focus one's efforts or work towards achieving a specific goal or outcome
Intransitive: to aim at a goal or outcome | to aim for a goal or outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team aimed at improving customer satisfaction.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to point or direct an object, action, or blow towards a person or thing
Transitive: to aim sth at sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The goalkeeper aimed his kick at the far corner of the goal.
āĻ—ā§‹āϞāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ—ā§‹āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ

a specific, concrete objective that a person or group actively works toward, believing it to be realistically achievable
aim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His ultimate aim remains securing a leadership role in his firm.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ

a general purpose or intended direction that shapes decisions and actions, even if it is not strictly defined or guaranteed to be achieved
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The aim of the new policy is to reduce pollution.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻšāϞ āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ

the action of directing something at an object
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āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ–

the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž

the ability or action of pointing a weapon, tool, or object precisely toward a target, especially in shooting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His aim improved after weeks of target practice at the shooting range.
āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϰ⧇āĻžā§āĻœā§‡ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϗ⧇āϟ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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