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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