aim atsomething
phrasal verbwithaimverbuk/eɪm/us/eɪm/
C2
toplan,hope, orintendtoachievesomething:
Thetalksareaimingat acompromise.
[+ -ing verb]The government'scampaignisaimedat influencingpublicopinion.
- Thetalksareaimedatfindingamutuallyagreeablesolution.
- Thetalksareaimedatfurtheringdetente between the twocountries.
- Thenegotiationsareaimedatachievingalastingpeacebetween the twosides.
- Talksaimedatbringingalastingpeaceto theregionbrokedown lastnight.
- Thelatestdiscussionsinvolveaplanaimedatendingethnicviolencein theprovince.
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- allow forsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- intend
- planner
- provision
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- reckon onsomething
- settle
- sleeve