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Meaning of aim in English

(Definition of aim from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of aim from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of aim from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of aim

aim
The positive part aims to show that adoption and practice are sufficient to create the fundamental plans of a legal system.
This indicator aimed to validate teachers' approach to lesson planning while attempting to link teacher thinking and administrator thinking through a shared discourse.
It was not our aim to deny that there is experience, nor to deny that experience has a qualitative character.
The aim is to provide insight into the more rigorous formalization that will be provided in the following sections.
Moreover, common expressions are open to multiple philosophical interpretations precisely because common expressions lack the precision aimed for (though not always achieved) by philosophical discourse.
His research aims at understanding consciousness as a natural biological phenomenon and at fruitful interaction between philosophical and empirical research in the study of consciousness.
Secondary aims were to study the relationship between psychological, endocrine and immune variables and baseline tumour characteristics.
The present study aimed to assess, in a community sample, actions taken to cope with depression at different levels of psychological distress.
The book is aimed at early level, new or returning adult piano students.
The restriction aims at reducing the combinatorial complexity of rule numbers due to the order sensitivity of phrase structure grammar.
In particular, the book is aimed at signal processing practitioners, especially research workers and students working in areas of radar, sonar, telecommunications and biomedical engineering.
They aimed to fragment the township communities and divorce them from the tacksmen, thus removing the basis of the clan military, social and economic structure.
Therefore, teachers have different teaching aims in their practices and form a variety of teaching approaches accordingly.
Party-based systems create career incentives for the legislator to support the overall aims of the parties.
The aim of this study was to investigate outcome in frequent attenders in secondary care who present repeatedly with medically unexplained symptoms.
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Translations of aim

in Chinese (Traditional)
打算, 目標,目的, 意圖…
in Chinese (Simplified)
打算, 目标,目的, 意图…
in Spanish
objetivo, puntería, aspirar…
in Portuguese
objetivo, ter o objetivo de …, ter a intenção de ……
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तुम्ही ठरवलेले ध्येय किंवा तुम्हाला साधावयाचे असणारे लक्ष, लक्ष, हेतू…
目的, 目標, ねらい…
amaç, hedef, silahla nişan almak…
pointer sur, viser, aspirer à…
objectiu, aspirar, pretendre…
richten, beogen, het mikken…
உங்கள் திட்டங்கள் அல்லது செயல்கள் அடைய விரும்பும் முடிவு, உத்தேசிக்க…
लक्ष्य, लक्ष्य रखना…
ધ્યેય, લક્ષ્ય, ઉદ્દેશ્ય…
sigte, have til hensigt, hensigt…
sikta, rikta, sikta på…
acu, sasaran, rancangan…
zielen (mit), anstreben, das Zielen…
sikte, rette, ha til hensikt…
مقصد…
цілити(ся), прагнути, намагатися…
цель, целиться…
లక్ష్యం, ఉద్దేశించడం…
هَدَف, يَهدُف, يُصَوِّب عَلَى…
লক্ষ্য, মনস্থ করা…
(za)mířit, usilovat o, schopnost mířit…
membidik, bermaksud, bidikan…
เล็งเป้าหมาย, ตั้งเป้า, ความตั้งใจ…
nhắm, tập trung vào, ý định…
cel, celować, mieć na celu…
목적, -하려 노력하다, 조준하다…
scopo, proposito, aspirare…
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/ˈsjuː.də.nɪm/
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