aim

Topic: SPORT

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	aesmer, from Latin aestimare; ESTIMATE²

aim
2 verb

aim2 S2 W2

1 [intransitive] to try or intend to achieve something

aim to do something

We aim to finish by Friday.

(be) aimed at doing something

an initiative aimed at reducing road accidents

aim for

We're aiming for a big improvement.

to say or do something that is intended for a particular person or group of people:

a program that's aimed at teenagers

The criticism wasn't aimed at you.

3 [intransitive and transitive]DS to choose the place, person etc that you want to hit or reach and point a weapon or another object towards them:

Denver aimed his gun but did not shoot.

aim at/for

The pilot was aiming for the runway but came down in a nearby field.

Definition of aim from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic SPORT

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