aim

== Translingual == === Symbol === aim (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aimol. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Aimol terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm === Etymology 1 === The verb is from Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French. The noun is from Middle English ame, from Old French aesme, esme. ==== Noun ==== aim (plural aims) 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. 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! The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. Intention or goal. Synonyms: purpose, design, scheme The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess. ===== Synonyms ===== (intention): aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== aim (third-person singular simple present aims, present participle aiming, simple past and past participle aimed) (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object Synonym: point (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group (intransitive, obsolete) To guess or conjecture. ===== Usage notes ===== Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== aim Initialism of America Online AIM; AOL Instant Messenger. === Further reading === “aim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === ima, IAM, I'ma, I'm'a, IMA, I'm a, mai, I am, Ima, Mai, AMI, Ima', MAI, mia, I'm a', i'ma, i'm'a, MIA, Mia, I'm-a == Blackfoot == === Final === aim control, influence; see ohkottaimm === References === Donald G. Frantz; Norma J. Russell (1989), Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 2017 == Estonian == === Etymology === Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish aimottaa. === Pronunciation === === Noun === aim (genitive aimu, partitive aimu) sense, idea of something, feeling ==== Declension ==== == Livonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *haimo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑim/, [ˈɑ̯iˑm] === Noun === aim family household ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “aim”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Mandarin == === Romanization === aim nonstandard spelling of áim ==== Usage notes ==== Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone. == Scots == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse eimr (“vapour, steam”). === Pronunciation === (Caithness) IPA(key): /ei̯m/ === Noun === aim (plural aims) (Caithness) A hot glow, a blast of hot air === References === “aim, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.im/ === Noun === aim name === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics (as aym) == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English ayme, from Old French aesme, esme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːm/ === Noun === aim design ==== Related terms ==== ameing === References ===