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aim - verb

  1. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: cast, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in. Military lay. See seek.
  2. To strive toward a goal: aspire, seek. See seek. start.
  3. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: contemplate, design, intend, mean, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional mind. See planned. purpose.

aim - noun

  1. What one intends to do or achieve: ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. See planned. purpose.
  2. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: burden, drift, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning.