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Synonyms for aim

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : eym
Phonetic Transcription : eɪm

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Définition of aim

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to estimate, calculate," also "to intend," from Old French aesmer "value, rate; count, estimate," from Latin aestimare "appraise" (see estimation); current meaning apparently developed from "esteem," to "calculate," to "calculate with a view to action" (c.1400), then to "direct a missile, a blow, etc." (1570s). Related: Aimed; aiming.
  • noun goal
  • verb point or direct at a goal
Example sentences :
  • We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • My whole study and aim was to do right—to be just to my hands and do my duty to my employer.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • It is the aim of the present dissertation to accomplish this.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • It now becomes my aim today to lay siege to this town and capture it.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • I don't know what you mean, and my only aim is to please master in everything.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • To turn an interesting thief into a tedious honest man was not his aim.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Instead of this, it was the aim of our diplomacy to dissipate the opposition.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • And at extreme ranges, the forward one-third of the barrel is the point of aim.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Now it is evident that one must aim at what he can be sure of hitting.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • In taking his aim Kingozi modified his usual custom because of the distance.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

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