aim at

See also: aimât and äimät

English

Verb

aim at (third-person singular simple present aims at, present participle aiming at, simple past and past participle aimed at)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aim, at.
    This gun is aimed at your head.
  2. To design for a particular audience
    I've created a program aimed at the educated over 40's
  3. (figurative) To intend to do or achieve.
    I'm aiming at the Governorship of Kansas.
    • 1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169:
      The general tenor of the report on No. 35020 is that all the improvements in performance aimed at in the rebuilding of these engines have been achieved.

References

aim”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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