(v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
(v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
(v. i.) To guess or conjecture.
(v. t.) To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
(v. i.) The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
(v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
(v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
(v. i.) Conjecture; guess.
Example Sentences:
(1) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.
(2) The aim of the present study was to bring forward data of acceptance of dental treatment for 3-16-yr-old children in a population with good dental health and annual dental care, and to evaluate the influence on acceptance of age, sex, residential area, and previous experience and present need of dental treatment.
(3) The aim of this study was to plot the course of the transcutaneously measured PCO2 (tcPCO2) in the fetus during oxygenation of the mother.
(4) The aim of our experiments was to investigate firstly whether during an acute inflammatory process platelets accumulate in the inflamed area and secondly whether the inflammation has an effect on the properties of the platelets.
(5) With the aim of evaluating the role of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, this hormone was studied in 90 subjects.
(6) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
(7) As Heseltine himself argued, after the success of last summer's Olympics, "our aim must be to become a nation of cities possessed of London's confidence and elan" .
(8) Based on the results of the Community AIM Exploratory Action, further collaborative work is required at EEC level to create an Integrated Health Information Environment (IHE) allowing essentially for integration, modularity and security.
(9) Treatment was divided into two categories named arbitrarily "no therapy" (general supportive measures) or "therapy" (causal treatment based on active drugs or measures aimed at affecting the cause of the disease).
(10) The aim of the study was to describe and evaluate background factors, with special regard to psychosocial characteristics that might possibly affect the outcome of rhinoplastic surgery.
(11) A new bill, to be published this week with the aim of turning it into law by next month, will allow the government to use Britain's low borrowing rates to guarantee the £40bn in infrastructure projects and £10bn for underwriting housing projects.
(12) The aim was to clarify the nature of their constituent cells, specifically the giant ganglion-like cells and spindle cells, and to discuss the implications for histogenesis.
(13) The aim of the trial was to determine the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing cardiovascular problems in people with asymptomatic atherosclerosis – the undetected build-up of waxy plaque deposits on the inside of blood vessels.
(14) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(15) The aim of the present study was to explore the possible role of heat shock proteins in the manifestation of this heat resistance.
(16) The aim of this study was clarify the physiopathological mechanisms underlying atrial pauses as well as to evaluate the sensitivity of sinoatrial conduction time (SACT) directly measured on SNE and of SACT estimated with the indirect Strauss method with respect to the detection of SSS.
(17) Beckham's decision marks the culmination of a strategy aimed at preserving his brand long after the footballer has faded.
(18) An antismoking campaign aimed at the 9-18 year old Genoese school population in 1981-1985 is described.
(19) The aim of the present study was to determine if dexamethasone treatment increased the rate of appearance in plasma of gut-derived glucose.
(20) The Ibiza Rocks hotel is aimed at a young clientele who'd never make it into the VIP section of Pacha.
Fellowship
Definition:
(n.) The state or relation of being or associate.
(n.) Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.
(n.) A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.
(n.) Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.
(n.) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.
(n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.
(v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fellowships primarily last one year, are research oriented, and place a large emphasis on toxicology, emergency medical services, and critical care.
(2) The Fellowship combines the academic rigour of an MBA with the reflective and ideological framework of a wellness retreat in Bali; without the sun and spa treatments, but with the added element of the formidable Dame Mary Marsh, a great example of a woman leading as a former headteacher, charity chief executive, NED and leadership development campaigner.
(3) He seemed delighted to see everyone, he agreed with everything that was said to him, he was all benignity and good fellowship."
(4) Most candidates reported that they had intensive practices in hand surgery and large annual case-loads, and most had taken a hand fellowship.
(5) • Elizabeth Berridge – director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.
(6) Those chairmen who had mentors were more likely to have these characteristics: (1) to have completed a subspecialty fellowship, (2) to command a larger departmental budget (greater than $4 million), (3) to have been a board examiner before appointment, and (4) to have received support in obtaining their appointment from recognized leaders in the specialty.
(7) Life in short Age 50 Family Married with two children Education Emanuel school, London; Queen's College, Oxford Career Telecoms engineer (1976-78); software engineer (1978); consultant, Cern, Geneva (1978-80); founding director of Image Computer Systems (1981-84); Cern Fellowship (1984-94); developed global hypertext project which became world wide web and designed URL (universal resource locator) and HTML (hypertext markup language) Publication Weaving the Web (1999) Awards OBE (1997); KBE (2004) Quote "Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography.
(8) The New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities now offers dental fellowships in developmental disabilities to help fill the learning gap.
(9) The government needs to change tack and admit that its obsession with structural changes to schools has failed.” Ofsted chief criticises independent schools' lack of help for state schools Read more Wilshaw’s letter was based on the results of inspections of the management and operations of seven academy chains running 220 schools across the country: AET, E-Act, Wakefield City Academies, Oasis, CfBT, The Education Fellowship and the most recent, School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA).
(10) Grants programs account for over 60% of the total N. CI extramural research budget and are divided into four broad categories; research; training (including fellowships); cancer control; and construction.
(11) Family medicine has responded to the need for training in geriatrics by creating geriatric fellowships and by including geriatric education in residency and medical school curricula.
(12) These profiles are compared to a review of the literature in higher education on fellowships, faculty attrition, faculty activities, tenure, and promotion.
(13) Many HIV-infected pregnant women who receive care in clinics of maternal-fetal medicine fellowship programs are excluded from multicenter studies.
(14) A questionnaire that asked about policies concerning the use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody tests was sent in January 1987 to the 200 hospitals in the United States that conduct infectious disease (ID) fellowship training (US ID hospitals) and to all 171 short-term-care Minnesota hospitals.
(15) Pediatric anesthesiologists were identified as those with pediatric fellowship training or the equivalent.
(16) She stuck it for two years and then opted for a postgraduate fellowship at the Institut de Science Politique in Paris.
(17) When asked why they are pursuing a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, 85% listed opportunities in clinical medicine as their primary reason, while 10% claimed that research opportunity was the most important factor.
(18) "We're part of the great fellowship of democracies.
(19) A US state department spokeswoman said Chen had been offered a fellowship by an American university.
(20) Of the 184 programs that responded to the training questionnaire, 102 (55%) teach PTCA, usually in the form of fellowship training and especially as a specialized year, and less commonly in the form of a preceptorship.