1. (noun) purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Synonyms: intention, objective, use, design, determination, aim, designing, figure, role, purport, function, excogitation, conception, pattern, spirit, blueprint, object, intent, invention, target, innovation, bearing, purpose, plan, heading
2. (noun) aim, object, objective, target
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
Synonyms: intention, aim, objective, quarry, design, physical object, object lens, mark, butt, target area, object, prey, objective lens, intent, object glass, target, fair game, bearing, purpose, heading
3. (noun) aim
the action of directing something at an object
Synonyms: purpose, target, objective, heading, object, design, intention, bearing, intent
4. (verb) bearing, heading, aim
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
Synonyms: intention, aim, objective, bearing, design, armorial bearing, comportment, gallery, header, carriage, drift, posture, object, charge, presence, intent, target, mien, heraldic bearing, head, purpose, heading
5. (verb) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Synonyms: require, read, occupy, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, shoot for, organise, lead, ingest, develop, mastermind, take aim, carry, deal, assume, engineer, have, hold, choose, learn, fill, aspire, civilise, calculate, prepare, consume, drive, hire, condition, place, consider, need, study, civilize, pick out, steer, send, contract, adopt, film, remove, purpose, rail, orchestrate, lease, take on, discipline, point, train, check, trail, take up, bring, strike, use up, select, take, engage, make, claim, demand, coach, channelize, cultivate, manoeuvre, head, get, channelise, get hold of, propose, exact, take away, pack, call for, take in, educate, submit, convey, shoot, aim, direct, charter, manoeuver, contain, address, draw a bead on, target, subscribe, groom, necessitate, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, organize, accept, purport, guide, admit, ask, maneuver, conduct, school
6. (verb) aim, purpose, purport, propose
propose or intend
Synonyms: suggest, aim, shoot for, place, pop the question, draw a bead on, aspire, drive, advise, purport, declare oneself, take aim, project, propose, resolve, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, nominate, point, purpose, offer
7. (verb) drive, get, aim
move into a desired direction of discourse
Synonyms: take, make, start, mystify, experience, develop, take aim, force, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, calculate, scram, beat back, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, fix, pay back, repulse, stick, suffer, beat, force back, set about, get down, fuck off, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, shoot for, dumbfound, stupefy, push back, point, train, arrest, propose, ride, bring, bewilder, mother, motor, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, aspire, generate, labour, find, amaze, baffle, produce, draw a bead on, vex, start out, pose, capture, aim, induce, direct, perplex, get under one's skin, gravel, begin, fetch, labor, ram, father, repel, commence, target, arrive, set out, convey, purpose, acquire, come, pay off, purport, bugger off, tug, cause, push, place, nonplus
8. (verb) calculate, aim, direct
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Synonyms: figure, bet, look, get, organise, work out, head, target, lead, maneuver, take, estimate, place, mastermind, point, aim, reckon, purpose, compute, take aim, depend, train, calculate, engineer, manoeuver, aspire, address, manoeuvre, direct, count, drive, organize, channelize, propose, shoot for, draw a bead on, channelise, send, conduct, purport, cypher, orchestrate, forecast, cipher, guide, account, steer, count on
9. (verb) target, aim, place, direct, point
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Synonyms: charge, taper, drive, repoint, rank, channelise, get, put, localize, organise, range, commit, target, lead, station, sharpen, maneuver, take, place, signal, designate, point, come in, betoken, position, grade, steer, purpose, take aim, show, train, lay, calculate, engineer, manoeuver, purport, aspire, aim, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, head, identify, organize, channelize, propose, luff, shoot for, draw a bead on, conduct, post, invest, bespeak, locate, rate, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, come out, set, guide, order, site, pose, localise, indicate
10. (verb) aim
direct (a remark) toward an intended goal
Synonyms: purpose, take, get, take aim, aspire, train, shoot for, direct, draw a bead on, purport, point, place, target, calculate, drive, propose
11. (verb) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
Synonyms: aim, shoot for, drive, aspire, purport, place, draw a bead on, take aim, propose, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, point, purpose
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