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What (who) is Aim - definition
JAPANESE VOICE ACTRESS
Ai Maeda (seiyu); Ai Maeda (singer); AiM; Ai Maeda (seiyū)
aim
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Aim; AIM (rifle); A.I.M.; AIM (disambiguation); A.I.M
I
n.
purpose
goal
1) to achieve one's aim
2) a chief; immediate; long-range aim
3) idealistic, lofty aims
4) an aim to + inf. (it was our aim to complete the work before the end of the month)
aiming of a weapon
5) to take aim at
6) careful; steady aim (she took careful aim at the intruder)
II
v.
1) (D; intr., tr.) to aim at (he aimed at me; I aimed the revolver at the intruder)
2) (d; intr.) to aim for (he aimed for the heart; she was aiming for a promotion)
3) (E) we aim to please
aim
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Aim; AIM (rifle); A.I.M.; AIM (disambiguation); A.I.M
(aims, aiming, aimed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
He is aiming for the 100 metres world record...
...an appeal which aims to raise funds for children with special needs.
VERB: V for/at n/-ing, V to-inf
2.
The aim of something that you do is the purpose for which you do it or the result that it is intended to achieve.
The aim of the festival is to increase awareness of Hindu culture and traditions.
= objective
N-COUNT: oft with poss
3.
If an action or plan is aimed at achieving something, it is intended or planned to achieve it.
The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
...talks aimed at ending the war.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed at n/-ing, V-ed
4.
If you aim to do something, you decide or want to do it. (AM INFORMAL)
Are you aiming to visit the gardens?...
VERB: V to-inf
5.
If your actions or remarks are aimed at a particular person or group, you intend that the person or group should notice them and be influenced by them.
His message was aimed at the undecided middle ground of Israeli politics...
Advertising aimed at children should be curbed.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed at n, V-ed
6.
If you aim a weapon or object at something or someone, you point it towards them before firing or throwing it.
He was aiming the rifle at Wade.
...a missile aimed at the arms factory...
I didn't know I was supposed to aim at the same spot all the time.
VERB: V n at n, V-ed, V at n, also V
7.
Your aim is your skill or action in pointing a weapon or other object at its target.
He stood with the gun in his right hand and his left hand steadying his aim.
N-SING: oft poss N
8.
If you aim a kick or punch at someone, you try to kick or punch them.
They aimed kicks at his shins.
VERB: V n prep/adv
9.
When you take aim, you point a weapon or object at someone or something, before firing or throwing it.
She had spotted a man with a shotgun taking aim.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you take aim at someone or something, you criticize them strongly. (AM)
Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
aim
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Aim; AIM (rifle); A.I.M.; AIM (disambiguation); A.I.M
¦ verb
1. point (a weapon or camera) at a target.
direct at someone or something.
2. try to achieve something.
¦ noun
1. a purpose or intention.
2. the aiming of a weapon or missile.
Phrases
take aim point a weapon or camera at a target.
Origin
ME: from OFr. amer, var. of esmer, from L. aestimare 'assess, estimate'.
Wikipedia
Ai Maeda (voice actress)
Ai Maeda (前田 愛, Maeda Ai, born April 19, 1975) is a Japanese voice actress born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for her work as both a voice actress and a singer in the original Japanese version of the Digimon anime series.
Examples of use of Aim
1. The aim of assimilation is a monocultural, even a monofaith, society; the aim of integration is a multicultural, pluralist society.
2. Karen Aim: Her website said she was enjoying her adventure Miss Aim, from Orkney, had been battered about the head and was covered in blood.
3. The historical American aim of opposing hegemony in Asia –– incorporated as a joint aim with China in the Shanghai Communique of 1'72 –– remains valid.
4. The main advantage is ability to use the AIM–7 Sparrow and AIM–120 AMRAAM missiles if they were ever to be released to the PAF.
5. Benjamin Mays who said, ‘Not failure, but low aim is sin.‘ Isn‘t that powerful?" The high aim of the governor‘s chair.