aim
English
/eɪm/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention or goal
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English amen borrowed from Old French esmer derived from Latin ad- (to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against).
Origin
Latin
ad-
Gloss
to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
向
Emoji
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ad- English
- aim-crier English
- aimable English
- aimbot English
- aimer English
- aimest English
- aimeth English
- aimful English
- aimfully English
- aimless English
- aimlessly English
- aimlessness English
- aimworthiness English
- aimworthy English
- bot English
- crier English
- misaim English
- reaim English
- unaimable English
- *accolligere Latin
- *adastō Latin
- *adgasaliare Latin
- *admonestāre Latin
- *admortire Latin
- *admortīre Latin
- *adpācāre Latin
- *affumāre Latin
- *appācāre Latin
- *arrestare Latin
- *arrestāre Latin
- *arrestāre, *arresto Latin
- *arrestō Latin
- *assecūrō, *assecuro, *assecūrāre Latin
- *assuaviō Latin
- *assēcūrō, *assēcūrāre, *assecuro Latin
- *invaginare Latin
- accolāre, accolare Latin
- ad- Latin
- advertō Latin
- aestimāre Latin
- faciō Latin
- meliōrō Latin
- vannus Latin
- adsorber French
- affaire French
- faire French
- a- Spanish, Castilian
- acaecer Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- adrenalina Polish
- amen Middle English
- a- Old French
- abaubir Old French
- acouchier Old French
- afaire Old French
- asseurer Old French
- esmer Old French
- abanar Galician
- afuar Galician
- afungar Galician
- amorți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *ad Proto-Italic
- amillorar Aragonese
- acolada Franco-Provençal