aim at

verb

To create or design for a particular audience.

“This gun is aimed at your head.”

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Meanings

verbaim at (third-person singular simple present aims at, present participle aiming at, simple past and past participle aimed at)

present singular third person aims at · participle present aiming at · participle past aimed at · past aimed at

  1. idiomaticTo create or design for a particular audience.

    I’ve created a program aimed at the educated over 40’s.

  2. idiomaticTo intend to do or achieve.

    I’m aiming at the Governorship of Kansas.

    1 more example

    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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sight
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APA

aim at. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aim%20at

MLA

“aim at.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aim%20at. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aim at,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aim%20at.

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