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Meaning of aims

- To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
- To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
- To guess or conjecture.
- To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
- Conjecture; guess.

Crossword clue for aims

- Am I about to find purpose?
- Am I corrupted by ambition?
- Aspire to point a gun
- Desired result
- Direct (weapon)
- Even racism spells out marksmanship
- Goal
- I'm pursuing a goal
- I’m leaving Miami out of plan
- I’m pursuing a goal
- In the morning, I set target
- Intention
- Marksmanship
- Objective
- Point a weapon
- Point gun
- Set one’s sights on goal
- Target
- Disclaims making plans when record fifty’s out
- Goals
- Goes (for)
- Intentions
- Levels a gun
- Mia's unusual goals
- Objectives
- Points (gun at target)
- Points a gun
- Points a weapon
- Purposes
- sightings
- Targets
- Tries for points