Thesaurus: aim

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1. v. i. 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. v. i. 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.
3. v. i. To guess or conjecture.
4. v. t. 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).
5. v. i. 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.
6. v. i. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
7. v. i. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
8. v. i. Conjecture; guess.
9. n. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
10. n. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
11. n. the action of directing something at an object
12. n. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies