aim

Meanings

1. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
3. Intention or goal.
4. The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
5. Conjecture; guess.

1. To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
2. To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
3. To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
4. To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
5. To guess or conjecture.

1. Initialism of America Online AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

1. Initialism of Agape International Missions.
2. Initialism of Asteroid Impact Mission.
3. Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.
4. Initialism of Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite.
5. AIM, the secondary stock market of the London Stock Exchange; formerly an initialism of Alternative Investment Market.
6. Initialism of American Indian Movement.

1. Acronym of air intercept missile.

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French. The noun is from Middle English ame, from Old French aesme, esme.