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Meaning of aim | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
eɪm

Definitions

  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Aimol
  2. Initialism of America Online AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. Initialism of Agape International Missions.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. Acronym of air intercept missile.
    US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. take aim, to sight a target.
  8. Initialism of Asteroid Impact Mission.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
  10. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected
  11. American Indian Movement.
  12. Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  13. Intention or goal.
  14. The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
  15. Intention or goal
  16. without purpose. an aimless life. doelloos بِلا هَدَف، بِلا غَايَه безцелен sem rumo bezcílný ziellos formålsløs άσκοπος sin objetivo, sin proposito fijo sihitu بی هدف tarkoitukseton sans ambition חַסָר מַטָרָה लक्ष्यहीन besciljan céltalan tanpa tujuan tilgangslaus privo di scopo 目的のない 목적이 없는 betikslis bezmērķīgs tanpa tujuan doelloosformålsløsbezcelowy بی مقصد، بی هدف sem rumo fără ţel/ţintă бесцельный bezcieľny brez cilja besciljan utan mål, planlös ไม่มีจุดหมาย amaçsız, hedefsiz, gayesiz 漫...
  17. Initialism of Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  18. Conjecture; guess.
    obsolete
  19. The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target
  20. doelloos بِدُون هَدَف، بِدُون غَايَه безцелно sem rumo bezcílně ziellos formålsløst άσκοπα sin objetivo sihitult بی هدفانه tarkoituksettomasti sans but ללֹא מַטָרָה बिना किसी मतलब के besciljno céltalanul tidak berambisi, tidak bertujuan án tilgangs senza scopo あてなく 목적 없이 be tikslo bezmērķīgi dengan tanpa tujuan doelloosformålsløst bez celu په بی هدفه توګه sem rumo fără ţel/ţintă бесцельно bezcieľne brez cilja besciljno planlöst อย่างไม่มีจุดหมาย amaçsızca 漫無目的地 безцільно بے مقصد طور پر một cá...
  21. AIM, the secondary stock market of the London Stock Exchange; formerly an initialism of Alternative Investment Market.
    UK
  22. doelloosheid إنْعِدَام الهَدَف безцелност falta de finalidade bezcílnost die Ziellosigkeit formålsløshed έλλειψη στόχου falta de objetivo eesmärgitus بی هدفی tarkoituksettomuus manque d'ambition חוֹסֶר מַטָרָה लक्ष्यहीनता besciljnost céltalanság tanpa tujuan tilgangsleysi mancanza di scopo 無目的 목적 없음 tikslo stoka bezmērķīgums tiada tujuan doelloosheidformålsløshet bezcelowość بی مقصدی falta de finalidade lipsă de ambiţie бессмысленность bezcieľnosť brezciljnost besciljnost planlöshet ความไม่มี...
  23. Initialism of American Indian Movement.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  24. to aim. He took aim at the target. mik يُصَوِّب، يُسَدِّد прицелвам се fazer pontaria mířit zielen sigte; rette mod σκοπεύωapuntar sihtima هدفگیری کردن tähdätä viser לְכָווֵן निशाना लगाना naciljati megcéloz mengarahkan bidikan, membidik miða, taka mið mirare ~にねらいを定める 겨냥하다 nusitaikyti mērķēt memsasarkan mikkensikte, rette motcelować هدف او مقصد اخیستنه fazer pontaria a ţinti прицеливаться mieriť pomeriti (v) nišaniti ta sikte เล็ง nişan almak 瞄準 прицілюватися نشانہ باندھنا nhắm vào 瞄准
  25. To direct (a weapon or camera) toward a point.
  26. To direct toward or intend for a particular goal or group: The publicity campaign was aimed at improving the eating habits of children.
  27. To direct a weapon or camera: The sniper aimed carefully.
  28. To determine a course or direct an effort: aim for a better education.

Equivalents

العربية الهدف هدف
Azərbaycanca tuşlamaq
Беларуская мэта намер пра́гнуць
Български намерение цел
বাংলা মকসদ
Català apuntar fi
Čeština cíl mířit terč zamířit zamýšlet
Dansk rette
Esperanto celi ĉelo
Gàidhlig amais amas
Հայերեն նպատակ
Bahasa Indonesia membidik tujuan
日本語 狙い 狙う 目指す 目標 目的
Қазақша нысана
Lëtzebuergesch biichten
Македонски мета нишан цел цели
Bahasa Melayu tujuan
Nederlands bedoeling doel oogmerk richten
Slovenčina cieľ
Slovenščina cilj tarča
Svenska sikta sikte
తెలుగు లక్ష్యము
ไทย เลง
Türkmençe maksat
Türkçe hedef maksat nisan
Tiếng Việt ngầm nham

Examples

“to take aim”
“Take time with the aim of your gun.”
“2012, "The Legend of the Gobblewonker", season 1, episode 2 of Gravity Falls, spoken by Grunkle Stan, voiced by Alex Hirsch My ex-wife still misses me, but her aim is getting better!”
“My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings, and kids happy.”
“There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure—which, and not labour, is the aim of man—or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.”
“As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.”
“The police officer has excellent aim, always hitting the bullseye in shooting practice.”
“He has a bad aim, so he decided to join archery classes.”
“What you would work me to, I have some aim.”
“There are Schimmel Sister stickers, and Navajo Nation stickers, Cherokee Nation stickers, Idle No More, and AIM flags duct-taped to antennas.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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