aim to

Idioms  

1. Try or intend to do something, as in We aim to please, or She aims to fly to California. This term derives from aim in the sense of “direct the course of something,” such as an arrow or bullet. [Colloquial; c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

The office’s new leaders aim to make as many deals as possible, including loans and investments in exchange for ownership stakes, people who have worked with the office say.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The EU executive said it would aim to wrap up its probe by Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"By leaving rubbish visible and marking it as under investigation, councils aim to signal enforcement activity and increase the perceived likelihood of being caught," she says.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

And companies across the healthcare spectrum aim to capitalize.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

She says, 'I don't aim to birth no sin for folks to look at all the rest of my life, and I don't aim for Matty Lou to neither.'

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison