(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.
Gaol
Definition:
(n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
Example Sentences:
(1) The American philosopher John Dewey once said, 'If you want to establish some conception of a society, go find out who is in gaol.'
(2) O’Shea’s gaoling prompted hundreds of thousands of unionists to walk off the job in a statewide campaign that essentially re-established the right to strike in Australia.
(3) A new prison was big news the week I was in charge and I spelled it gaol instead of jail.
(4) The trailer is book-ended by Tyson quoting Oscar Wilde's The Ballad Of Reading Gaol: Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!
(5) In the home of the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham – at the city's old courthouse and county gaol – character actors lead visitors through the grim dance from trial and sentencing to prison (or death) in a real court.
(6) Kilmainham Gaol Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy The rebel leaders were taken here after the rising failed.
(7) Ancelotti, who has been linked with a move away from PSG in the summer, also led the club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season before they were knocked out by Barcelona on away gaols.
(8) At one moment, we hear him reciting Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol, with its famous line: "Each man kills the thing he loves."
(9) Worse, Brandis’s Bill proposes to gag journalists and bloggers if they tell anyone, with a 10 year gaol term if they do.
(10) Only on the back of the tomb is there elegantly chiselled a poignant verse from 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol': And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long broken urn.
(11) In recent years, large numbers of South African children have been the target of state-sanctioned abuse, including imprisonment in adult gaols.
(12) In a letter to the then Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy, he also showed an in-depth knowledge of Irish gaols as he recommended other sites of interest in the field.
(13) The administration of New Zealand's first general anaesthetic took place at the Colonial Gaol, Wellington, on the morning of Monday, September 27th, 1847.
(14) After that he is thrice in and out of gaol for deliriously funny reasons.
(15) That the former English teacher should have liked the classic Oscar Wilde poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was described by one article as "Chris Jefferies' favourite poem was about killing wife".
(16) Another cousin, in the Communist party, was also in gaol.
(17) The remainder (22%) were using illegal opiates either regularly or intermittently, or were in gaol.
(18) And he wrote later in his famous letter from Birmingham City gaol, in answer to eight clergymen - bishops, pastors, and rabbis - who disagreed with his tactics of direct action in the street: "History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.
(19) The refs took a little look at the play, wondering if the stick of Pouliot was above the crossbar but the gaol stands.
(20) Today: Kilmainhaim Gaol is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Ireland.