aim
verb (used with object)
to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
aimed
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past participleof aim.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof aim.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
aimverb (used with object)to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
Example Sentences
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As a result of such concerns, including in the Chinese government, Sheth said, “we are seeing measures that are aimed at growth, but not the big bazooka.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Special Order 40 was aimed at reassuring the city’s immigrants that they could safely report a crime or serve as a witness without fear of deportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Recent measures by Beijing aimed at property sector stabilisation and job creation "form a modest, targeted 'mini-stimulus'", Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Asia-Pacific chief economist at Natixis, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Range risk arrives from the outside, on relatively cheap drones aimed at facilities holding billions of dollars of equipment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
He told Hamilton that his Farewell Address was aimed especially at “the Yeomanry of the country,” which meant ordinary farmers working small plots of land and living in households.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
