aim at
aim at verb: to create or design for a particular audience.
Verb
aim at (third-person singular simple present aims at, present participle aiming at, simple past and past participle aimed at)
- To create or design for a particular audience.
- I’ve created a program aimed at the educated over 40’s.
- To intend to do or achieve.
- I’m aiming at the Governorship of Kansas.
- The general tenor of the report on No. 35020 is that all the improvements in performance aimed at in the rebuilding of these engines have been achieved.1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aim, at.
- This gun is aimed at your head.
aim at meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Odia
aim at in Hindi
- to aim at; shoot at
- साधना sādhnā
aim at in Tamil
- சுட்டு, பார்
aim at in Kannada
- ಪೂಣಿಸು, ಗುರಿಯಿಡು, ಕರು, ಕುರಿಗೊಳ್
aim at in Odia
- to aim at
- ଲଖିବା lakhibā
More languagesFewer languages
- aim at in Sanskrit
- चित् cit, योजयति yojayati
Forms of aim at
| third-person singular present | aims at |
|---|---|
| present participle | aiming at |
| past participle | aimed at |
| past | aimed at |
Questions about aim at
- What does aim at mean?
- Aim at means to create or design for a particular audience.
- What is aim at in Hindi?
- Aim at in Hindi is साधना (sādhnā). See Aim at meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aim at?
- Aim at is a verb.
- What is the past tense of aim at?
- The past tense of aim at is aimed at.
Words near aim at in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aim at (page history and authors); साधना (Hindi) (page history and authors); aim at (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aim at (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଲଖିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); चित् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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