0 present participle of aim --
1 to intend: --
We are aiming for (= planning to achieve) a 50 percent share of the German market.
[ + to infinitive ] I aim to be a millionaire by the time I'm 35.
2 to point or direct a weapon towards someone or something that you want to hit: --
Information retrieval and information-filtering systems are applicable in order to minimize search difficulties, aiming to aid the user in the search for worthwhile information.
In a work evidently aiming to be definitive such blemishes should be ironed out in subsequent editions.
They also suggest that results from more classical analyses of population demography, aiming, for example at estimating population size, should be interpreted with caution.
If one argues that the indirect nature of the aiming task required ventral stream involvement, it follows that the ventral stream can operate very rapidly.
The programme combines general music activities, aiming at the development of general musical skills, with piano lessons in small groups.
He argues that burlesques are at their most telling when aiming their satire at the very 'summit' of their culture.
At this stage, aiming at perfection is not essential.
Local councils have had to operate in different and challenging ways when aiming to purchase, rather than provide, support services for older people.
