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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)

  1. (idiomatic) To create or design for a particular audience.
    • I’ve created a program aimed at the educated over 40’s.
  2. (idiomatic) 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
  3. 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 presentaims at
present participleaiming at
past participleaimed at
pastaimed 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

  1. ailuropodin
  2. ailuropodine
  3. ailuropodins
  4. aim
  5. aim assist
  6. aim at
  7. aim community
  8. aim for the sky
  9. aim for the stars
  10. aim high
  11. aim'd

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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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