aim
🇺🇸
/eɪm/
🇬🇧
/eɪm/
verb
B1
to try to do something
We aim to arrive by six o'clock.
B2
to have a goal
The program's aim is to help young people.
B2
to make something for a specific group
This book's aim is for young children.
B2
to point something at a target
He took aim and fired the rifle.
noun
B1
a goal or purpose
Our main aim is to help people.
R
pointing a weapon at something
His aim was steady as he fired.
translation
to try to do something; to have a goal; to make something for a specific group; to point something at a target
a goal or purpose; pointing a weapon at something
Word Forms
Plural
aims
3rd Present
aims
Past
aimed
Perfect
aimed
Progressive
aiming