"aim at" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aims at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiming at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimed at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimed at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "aim at (third-person singular simple present aims at, present participle aiming at, simple past and past participle aimed at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This gun is aimed at your head.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aim, at."
      ],
      "id": "en-aim_at-en-verb-SbRyDUf9",
      "links": [
        [
          "aim",
          "aim#English"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've created a program aimed at the educated over 40's",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To design for a particular audience"
      ],
      "id": "en-aim_at-en-verb-aQ3FIlsg",
      "links": [
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "audience",
          "audience"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm aiming at the Governorship of Kansas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt \"Merchant Navy\" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169",
          "text": "The general tenor of the report on No. 35020 is that all the improvements in performance aimed at in the rebuilding of these engines have been achieved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intend to do or achieve."
      ],
      "id": "en-aim_at-en-verb-xKa0ggeM",
      "links": [
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To intend to do or achieve."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aim at"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aims at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiming at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimed at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimed at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "aim at (third-person singular simple present aims at, present participle aiming at, simple past and past participle aimed at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This gun is aimed at your head.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aim, at."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
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          "at",
          "at#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've created a program aimed at the educated over 40's",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To design for a particular audience"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "audience",
          "audience"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm aiming at the Governorship of Kansas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt \"Merchant Navy\" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169",
          "text": "The general tenor of the report on No. 35020 is that all the improvements in performance aimed at in the rebuilding of these engines have been achieved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intend to do or achieve."
      ],
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        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) To intend to do or achieve."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}