aim
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aim sing (pl.: aims)
- mira, direzione in cui si mira un'arma da fuoco o da lancio
- obiettivo, bersaglio
- (senso figurato) mira, scopo, proposito
aim (3ª persona sing. presente aims, participio presente aiming, passato semplice e participio passato aimed)
- mirare, puntare, prendere la mira
- (senso figurato) mirare, ambire, aspirare
- (obsoleto) congetturare, stimare
- IPA: /eɪm/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal francese antico aesmer, a sua volta dal latino aestimare, "stimare"
- Dictionary.com, lemma aim
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary