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| Verb | 1. To aim, target, purpose, intend or object. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To adjust, arrange, settle, straighten or align. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To extend. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To shoot or veer. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To cover or tick. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To fit or adapt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To mend or restore. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To alter or turn. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To end, point or finish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb aim.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (aim) |
1. Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!".[Wordnet]. 2. Propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon".[Wordnet]. 3. Direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun".[Wordnet]. 4. Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent".[Wordnet]. 5. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.[Wordnet]. 6. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.[Wordnet]. 7. Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".[Wordnet]. 8. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself".[Wordnet]. 9. 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.[Websters]. 10. 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.[Websters]. 11. To guess or conjecture.[Websters]. 12. 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).[Websters]. 13. Base verb from the following inflections: aiming, aimed, aims, aimer, aimers, aimingly and aimedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being homing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being fitting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being scheming. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being trim. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being labouring. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being dashing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being objective. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being governing or ruling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"Aiming" is a common misspelling or typo for: maiming. |
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Date "Aiming" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Verb] Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; purposing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of to aim. (references) | ||
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| Aiming point | In field artillery, the accuracy of direct fire depends on the use of aiming points, or APs or GAPs (gun aiming points). (references) | ||
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| Aiming screw | Mechanical Engineering | Set screw used for the exact location of a part, the position of which can be changed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Aiming symbol | Computing | On a display surface, a circle or other pattern of light used to indicate the area in which the presence of a light-pen can be detected at a given time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Automatic aiming | Post & Telecom | 1: A system in which a mechanism controlled by the echo automatically keeps the radar beam pointing at an object moving relative to the radar set. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: The system in which a mechanism controlled by the echo automatically keeps the radar beam pointing at an object moving relative to the radar set; the tracking in which a servomechanism keeps the radar beam trained on the target. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Remote aiming | Post & Telecom | A means of aiming guns or searchlights from a distance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Aiming point | 5 | Aiming for Your Head | 4 | |
| Aiming for Your Head | 4 | Aiming point | 5 | |
| Instinctive aiming | 3 | Aiming station | 2 | |
| Aiming station | 2 | Instinctive aiming | 3 | |
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Verb |
purposing, directing, objecting, pointing, addressing, targeting, designing, proposing, turning, tending, collimate, attempting, causing, drifting, intending, levelling, placing, purporting, trying, accepting, admitting, adopting, advising, arresting, asking, basing, bespeaking, betokening, calculating, capturing, chartering, checking, claiming, commencing, committing, considering, consuming, containing, conveying, cultivating, depending, educating, engaging, engendering, experiencing, fathering, filling, filming, forcing, generating, hiring, identifying, incurring, indicating, inducing, ingesting, investing, involving, localising, localizing, luffing, masterminding, necessitating, nominating, nonplussing, occupying, orchestrating, organising, organizing, posing, preparing, preying, producing, ramming, removing, renting, repelling, repointing, repulsing, requiring, selecting, sharpening, signaling, signalling, siring, starting, submitting, subscribing, suffering, suggesting, sustaining, tacking, tapering, trailing, tugging. Consider also: inclining, wanting, gaining, coursing, desiring, facing, focusing, marking, struggling, minding, contemplating, delivering, pulling, adjust, align, alter, acquiring, calibrate, fix. | |
Adjective |
aspiring, trending, accounting, amazing, baffling, bewildering, civilising, civilizing, coaching, contracting, cyphering, demanding, developing, fetching, irritating, laboring, leasing, motoring, mystifying, orienting, perplexing, purchasing, puzzling, scramming, stimulating, stupefying. Consider also: slanting. | |
Noun |
planning, destination, goal, aimer, ending, reasoning, computing, conditioning, disciplining, engineering, grading, grooming, manoeuvring, mothering, packing, patterning, positioning, posting, posturing, railing, ranking, schooling, siting, stationing, training. Consider also: missioning, viewing, aim, butt, design, end, observance, observation, purpose, landfall, basket, vision, ambition, intention, object, target, detection, discovery, glimpse, sight. | |
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endeavoring, leveling, blueprinting, ciphering, dumbfounding, graveling, maneuvering, benting, destining, hitting. | |
Expression |
aim at, aim to. | |
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neglecting. | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Achawa | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Achawa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Adsawa | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Adsawa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Adsoa | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Adsoa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ajawa | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Ajawa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Arabiya | تصويب (aiming, pointing, aim, guidance, point), تَصْوِيب (aiming, guidance, pointing, channeling, channelling), مَقْصِد (goal, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), مَقْصَد (drift, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), وَخْي (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), غايَة (end, aim, goal, purpose, sake), قَصْد (intention, goal, purpose, aim, sake), مَحَجَّة (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, goal), أَرَب (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), مَرَام (ambition, wish, aim, aimed, aiming). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | تصويب (aiming, pointing, aim, guidance, point), تَصْوِيب (aiming, guidance, pointing, channeling, channelling), مَقْصِد (goal, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), مَقْصَد (drift, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), وَخْي (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), غايَة (end, aim, goal, purpose, sake), قَصْد (intention, goal, purpose, aim, sake), مَحَجَّة (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, goal), أَرَب (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), مَرَام (ambition, wish, aim, aimed, aiming). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Albanian | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | تصويب (aiming, pointing, aim, guidance, point), تَصْوِيب (aiming, guidance, pointing, channeling, channelling), مَقْصِد (goal, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), مَقْصَد (drift, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), وَخْي (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), غايَة (end, aim, goal, purpose, sake), قَصْد (intention, goal, purpose, aim, sake), مَحَجَّة (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, goal), أَرَب (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), مَرَام (ambition, wish, aim, aimed, aiming). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Armenian | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Armjanski Yazyk | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arnaut | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ayao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Ayao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ayawa | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Ayawa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ayo | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Ayo, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | pembidikan (aiming). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski | възнамеряване (aiming), намерение (aim, animus, design, drift, intent). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | vʺznameryavane (aiming), namerenie (aim, animus, design, drift, intent). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | zaměřování (aiming, sighting, focussing, survey, surveying), míření (aim, aiming, sight, pointing), sledování cíle (tracking, aiming, target following), usilovat o co (aspire after, aspire to, endeavour after, pursue, aim at), o co vám jde (what are you aiming), odměrný bod (auxiliary aiming mark), nastavení světlometu (aiming of headlamp), záměrka (picket, stake, aiming post, zero post), směrová deska (aiming tables), cílový znak (aiming symbol). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | visando (aiming), lançando (aiming, carrying, ejecting, hurtling, interjecting), assestando (aiming), visado (aimed, aiming, seek, stamp, stamped), pontaria (aim, sight, aiming, layman, pointing), apontar (to indicate, point, indicate, show, aim), apontando (indicating, aiming, appointing, pointing). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | възнамеряване (aiming), намерение (aim, animus, design, drift, intent). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | vʺznameryavane (aiming), namerenie (aim, animus, design, drift, intent). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Capeverdian | zmira (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Capeverdian, France, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | satsning (aiming), fjernindstilling (remote aiming), automatisk sporing (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisk pegesystem (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), automatisk maalfoelgning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), sigtesymbol (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), stilleskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), justeringsskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), sigteinstrument (aiming device, sighting device). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | zaměřování (aiming, sighting, focussing, survey, surveying), míření (aim, aiming, sight, pointing), sledování cíle (tracking, aiming, target following), usilovat o co (aspire after, aspire to, endeavour after, pursue, aim at), o co vám jde (what are you aiming), odměrný bod (auxiliary aiming mark), nastavení světlometu (aiming of headlamp), záměrka (picket, stake, aiming post, zero post), směrová deska (aiming tables), cílový znak (aiming symbol). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chewa | pingilidza (to lay it across in aiming it, to put an arrow in the string). Additional references: Chewa, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 瞄准 (collimation, aim, aiming, aims, collimate), 照准 (aiming, sighting, collimate), 对准 (aim, aim at, aiming), 旨在 (aim at, aim to, aim, aimed, aimer), 促进可持续发展国际环境法专家组 (expert group on international environmental law aiming at sustainable development), 促进可持续发展国际环境法专家组讲习班 (expert group workshop on international environmental law aiming at sustainable development), 脪媒碌录路没潞脜 (aiming symbol), 脪媒碌录脫貌 (aiming field), 脪媒碌录脭麓 (aiming circle). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 對準 (aim, aiming, alignment, align, registration), 瞄準 (aim, aiming, aims, collimation, laying), 目標符號 (aiming symbol), 標的符號 (aiming symbol), 標的場 (aiming field), 標的圈 (aiming circle). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinyanja | pingilidza (to lay it across in aiming it, to put an arrow in the string). Additional references: Chinyanja, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chiyao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Chiyao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | arrizzà (raise, lift, adjourn, aiming, arising), puntà (push, impel, to impel, drive, to drive), sfilà (obey, to obey, appear, to appear, emerge), spianà (shave, flatten, to flatten, equalize, to equalize), spuntà (abbreviate, to abbreviate, come, push, to come), trincà (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), agghjustà (join, to join, adjust, to adjust, add), arrubà (fly, to fly, steal, cheat, turn away), assestà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, garnish). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | arrizzà (raise, lift, adjourn, aiming, arising), puntà (push, impel, to impel, drive, to drive), sfilà (obey, to obey, appear, to appear, emerge), spianà (shave, flatten, to flatten, equalize, to equalize), spuntà (abbreviate, to abbreviate, come, push, to come), trincà (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), agghjustà (join, to join, adjust, to adjust, add), arrubà (fly, to fly, steal, cheat, turn away), assestà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, garnish). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | arrizzà (raise, lift, adjourn, aiming, arising), puntà (push, impel, to impel, drive, to drive), sfilà (obey, to obey, appear, to appear, emerge), spianà (shave, flatten, to flatten, equalize, to equalize), spuntà (abbreviate, to abbreviate, come, push, to come), trincà (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), agghjustà (join, to join, adjust, to adjust, add), arrubà (fly, to fly, steal, cheat, turn away), assestà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, garnish). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | arrizzà (raise, lift, adjourn, aiming, arising), puntà (push, impel, to impel, drive, to drive), sfilà (obey, to obey, appear, to appear, emerge), spianà (shave, flatten, to flatten, equalize, to equalize), spuntà (abbreviate, to abbreviate, come, push, to come), trincà (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), agghjustà (join, to join, adjust, to adjust, add), arrubà (fly, to fly, steal, cheat, turn away), assestà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, garnish). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | arrizzà (raise, lift, adjourn, aiming, arising), puntà (push, impel, to impel, drive, to drive), sfilà (obey, to obey, appear, to appear, emerge), spianà (shave, flatten, to flatten, equalize, to equalize), spuntà (abbreviate, to abbreviate, come, push, to come), trincà (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate), accuncià (arrange, to arrange, prepare, to prepare, adapt), agghjustà (join, to join, adjust, to adjust, add), arrubà (fly, to fly, steal, cheat, turn away), assestà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, garnish). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cymraeg | anelog (aiming, guided). Additional references: Cymraeg, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | zaměřování (aiming, sighting, focussing, survey, surveying), míření (aim, aiming, sight, pointing), sledování cíle (tracking, aiming, target following), usilovat o co (aspire after, aspire to, endeavour after, pursue, aim at), o co vám jde (what are you aiming), odměrný bod (auxiliary aiming mark), nastavení světlometu (aiming of headlamp), záměrka (picket, stake, aiming post, zero post), směrová deska (aiming tables), cílový znak (aiming symbol). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | satsning (aiming), fjernindstilling (remote aiming), automatisk sporing (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisk pegesystem (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), automatisk maalfoelgning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), sigtesymbol (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), stilleskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), justeringsskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), sigteinstrument (aiming device, sighting device). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | satsning (aiming), fjernindstilling (remote aiming), automatisk sporing (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisk pegesystem (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), automatisk maalfoelgning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), sigtesymbol (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), stilleskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), justeringsskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), sigteinstrument (aiming device, sighting device). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | zielen (aim, to aim, aim at, aiming, intend), richtend (aiming, addressing), visierend (gauging, aiming), hinzielend (aiming), zielend (aiming), abzielend (aiming at, tending), Richtkreis (aiming circle), Zielsymbol (aiming symbol), Richtzeichen (aiming circle), Zielzeichen (aiming circle). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Djao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Djao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | afstelling (adjustment, tuning, aiming, getting sharp, rigging), richten op afstand (remote aiming), fijnrichten (fine aiming), automatisch volgen (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisch richten (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisch aanwijzingssysteem (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), richtverbod (aiming suppression), Tweede facultatief protocol bij het Internationaal verdrag inzake burgerrechten en politieke rechten (aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, second optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights), mikken op (intend, aim, aim at, aiming at), stelschroef (set screw, adjusting screw, aiming screw, attaching screw, binding screw). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ena | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ermeni Dili | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ermenice | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | tähtäys (aiming, sighting), kaukoasettelu (remote aiming), automaattinen suuntaseuranta (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic pointing system, automatic tracking, autotrack), suuntakehä (aiming circle), tähtäysympyrä (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäyssymboli (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäinlaite (aiming device, sighting device), diopteri (diopter, aiming device, sighting device, vane). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Forézien | harquetâ (adjust, adorn, to adjust, to adorn, decorate), affistoulâ (adjust, adorn, to adjust, to adorn, decorate). Additional references: Forézien, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | pointage (aiming, checking, pointing, tally, boring operation), visée (aimed, aiming, sight, aim, shot), peinant (aiming), transitif (transitive, aiming, transitively), test de visée (aiming), pointant (pointing, aiming), viser (aim, to aim, intend, to intend, address), braquant (pointing, aiming), visant (aiming, intending, targeting), ajuster (adjust, to adjust, fit, set, neaten). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | pointage (aiming, checking, pointing, tally, boring operation), visée (aimed, aiming, sight, aim, shot), peinant (aiming), transitif (transitive, aiming, transitively), test de visée (aiming), pointant (pointing, aiming), viser (aim, to aim, intend, to intend, address), braquant (pointing, aiming), visant (aiming, intending, targeting), ajuster (adjust, to adjust, fit, set, neaten). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gaelg | goaill reayrt er (aiming), jeeraghey (erect, level, point, rectification, rectifier), ceau (aim, carry, consume, dart, fall). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gailck | goaill reayrt er (aiming), jeeraghey (erect, level, point, rectification, rectifier), ceau (aim, carry, consume, dart, fall). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gardois | adjusta (adjust, to adjust, fit, set, adjust tight). Additional references: Gardois, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | zielen (aim, to aim, aim at, aiming, intend), richtend (aiming, addressing), visierend (gauging, aiming), hinzielend (aiming), zielend (aiming), abzielend (aiming at, tending), Richtkreis (aiming circle), Zielsymbol (aiming symbol), Richtzeichen (aiming circle), Zielzeichen (aiming circle). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | το να σημαδεύει κανείς (aiming), τηλεσκόπευση (remote aiming), σκόπευση ακριβείας (fine aiming), αυτόματη ιχνηλάτηση (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), αυτόματο σύστημα σκόπευσης (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), περιοχή σκόπευσης (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), απαγόρευση σκόπευσης (aiming suppression), κοχλίας ρύθμισης (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), ρυθμιστικός κοχλίας (aiming screw, regulating screw). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | to na simadheuei kaneis (aiming), tileskopeisi (remote aiming), skopeisi akriveias (fine aiming), aitomati ikhnilatisi (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), aitomato sustima skopeisis (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), periokhi skopeisis (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), apagoreisi skopeisis (aiming suppression), kokhlias ruthmisis (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), rithmistikos kokhlias (aiming screw, regulating screw). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Haiao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Haiao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Haieren | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 조준 (aiming, collimation, laying, collimate), 겨냥 (aiming, aim, sight, shot), 의도하기 (aiming), 조준의 (alidade, aiming), 겨냥오차 (aiming error). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 조준 (aiming, collimation, laying, collimate), 겨냥 (aiming, aim, sight, shot), 의도하기 (aiming), 조준의 (alidade, aiming), 겨냥오차 (aiming error). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hiao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Hiao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | تصويب (aiming, pointing, aim, guidance, point), تَصْوِيب (aiming, guidance, pointing, channeling, channelling), مَقْصِد (goal, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), مَقْصَد (drift, aim, aimed, aiming, aims), وَخْي (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), غايَة (end, aim, goal, purpose, sake), قَصْد (intention, goal, purpose, aim, sake), مَحَجَّة (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, goal), أَرَب (aim, aimed, aiming, aims, aspiration), مَرَام (ambition, wish, aim, aimed, aiming). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | zielen (aim, to aim, aim at, aiming, intend), richtend (aiming, addressing), visierend (gauging, aiming), hinzielend (aiming), zielend (aiming), abzielend (aiming at, tending), Richtkreis (aiming circle), Zielsymbol (aiming symbol), Richtzeichen (aiming circle), Zielzeichen (aiming circle). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | zielen (aim, to aim, aim at, aiming, intend), richtend (aiming, addressing), visierend (gauging, aiming), hinzielend (aiming), zielend (aiming), abzielend (aiming at, tending), Richtkreis (aiming circle), Zielsymbol (aiming symbol), Richtzeichen (aiming circle), Zielzeichen (aiming circle). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | irányzás (aiming, elevation, guidance, pointing), célzás (allusion, aim, hint, inkling, intimation), célzóvíz (aiming water), célzásgyakorlás (aiming drill), célratartás (aiming drill). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hyao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Hyao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | pembidikan (aiming). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | punteria (tappet, aiming, bomb-sight, valve follower, valve tappet), puntamento (tracking, aim, aiming, gunlaying, laying), puntando (aiming), mirando (aiming), imbracciando (aiming), mirato (aimed, targeted, aiming), circolo di puntamento (aiming circle), comando orientamento proiettori (headlamp aiming control), luce guida (aiming beam, courtesy light). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Jao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Jao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ねらい (aim, aiming, intention), 正眼 (aiming at the eye, aiming), 高望み (aiming too high), 着眼 (aiming at, attention, having an eye to, notice, observation), たかのぞみ (aiming too high), せいがん (petition, accurate, aiming at the eye, application, during one's lifetime), ちゃくがん (aiming at, attention, having an eye to, notice, observation), 照準記号 (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 조준 (aiming, collimation, laying, collimate), 겨냥 (aiming, aim, sight, shot), 의도하기 (aiming), 조준의 (alidade, aiming), 겨냥오차 (aiming error). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | irányzás (aiming, elevation, guidance, pointing), célzás (allusion, aim, hint, inkling, intimation), célzóvíz (aiming water), célzásgyakorlás (aiming drill), célratartás (aiming drill). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx | goaill reayrt er (aiming), jeeraghey (erect, level, point, rectification, rectifier), ceau (aim, carry, consume, dart, fall). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx Gaelic | goaill reayrt er (aiming), jeeraghey (erect, level, point, rectification, rectifier), ceau (aim, carry, consume, dart, fall). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Martinique Creole | bi (goal, aim, purpose, target, end). Additional references: Martinique Creole, Martinique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Nauruan | karedega (aiming game). Additional references: Nauruan, Nauru, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Nyanja | pingilidza (to lay it across in aiming it, to put an arrow in the string). Additional references: Nyanja, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ouolof | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Ouolof, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Patois of Sorcy-Bauthémont | brachie (change over, to aim, adjust, aiming, antagonize). Additional references: Patois of Sorcy-Bauthémont, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | celowanie (aiming), cel (purpose, target, aim, goal, destination), podpórka (bracket, strut, supporter, aiming rest, bolster), tyczka geodety (aiming post), punkt celowania (aiming point), linia celowania (aiming line, line of sight), urządzenie celownicze (aiming device), symbol kierunkowy (aiming symbol), symbol celowania (aiming symbol), pole skierowania (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | celowanie (aiming), cel (purpose, target, aim, goal, destination), podpórka (bracket, strut, supporter, aiming rest, bolster), tyczka geodety (aiming post), punkt celowania (aiming point), linia celowania (aiming line, line of sight), urządzenie celownicze (aiming device), symbol kierunkowy (aiming symbol), symbol celowania (aiming symbol), pole skierowania (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | celowanie (aiming), cel (purpose, target, aim, goal, destination), podpórka (bracket, strut, supporter, aiming rest, bolster), tyczka geodety (aiming post), punkt celowania (aiming point), linia celowania (aiming line, line of sight), urządzenie celownicze (aiming device), symbol kierunkowy (aiming symbol), symbol celowania (aiming symbol), pole skierowania (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | visando (aiming), visado (aimed, aiming, seek, stamp, stamped), pontaria (aim, sight, aiming, layman, pointing), lançando (hurtling, aiming, carrying, ejecting, heaving), assestando (aiming), apontar (indicate, show, to indicate, point, aim), apontando (indicating, pointing, aiming, appointing), focagem do sistema (aiming of the system), foco de orientação (aiming beam), telepontaria (remote aiming). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | syftning (aiming, allusion), Andra fakultativa protokollet till den internationella konventionen om medborgerliga och politiska rättigheter syftande till dödsstraffets avskaffande (second optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty), automatisk riktning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), riktmärke (aim, benchmark, aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), siktinstrument (aiming device, sighting device), kompassvinkelmätare (aiming circle). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | прицеливание (aiming, aim, pointing), наводка (aiming, guidance, laying, noise pickup), лазерный целеуказатель (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), лазерное устройство подсветки (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), комплексная система наведения (integrated fire aiming system), символ прицела (aiming symbol), прицельный огонь (aiming fire), буссоль (compass, aiming circle, azimuth circle, director). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | pritselivanie (aiming, aim, pointing), navodka (aiming, guidance, laying, noise pickup), lazernyy tseleukazatelʹ (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), lazernoe ustroystvo podsvetki (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), kompleksnaya sistema navedeniya (integrated fire aiming system), simvol pritsela (aiming symbol), pritselʹnyy ogonʹ (aiming fire), bussolʹ (compass, aiming circle, azimuth circle, director). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | прицеливание (aiming, aim, pointing), наводка (aiming, guidance, laying, noise pickup), лазерный целеуказатель (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), лазерное устройство подсветки (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), комплексная система наведения (integrated fire aiming system), символ прицела (aiming symbol), прицельный огонь (aiming fire), буссоль (compass, aiming circle, azimuth circle, director). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | pritselivanie (aiming, aim, pointing), navodka (aiming, guidance, laying, noise pickup), lazernyy tseleukazatelʹ (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), lazernoe ustroystvo podsvetki (laser aiming light, laser aiming module, laser designator, laser illuminator, laser spot projector), kompleksnaya sistema navedeniya (integrated fire aiming system), simvol pritsela (aiming symbol), pritselʹnyy ogonʹ (aiming fire), bussolʹ (compass, aiming circle, azimuth circle, director). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Santiago Crioulu | rugula (regulate, to regulate, adjust, to adjust, settle), gudja (needle, go out, hand, pointer, pin). Additional references: Santiago Crioulu, Cape Verde, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Savoyard | bretter (to turn, turn, revolve, to revolve, rotate). Additional references: Savoyard, France, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Scots Gaelic | innleadh (aiming, preparation, preparing, projecting, purposing), cuspaireachd (aiming, archery, officiousness), amas (finding, hitting, hitting a mark, accident, aim). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shkip | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqip | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqiperë | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | satsning (aiming), fjernindstilling (remote aiming), automatisk sporing (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), automatisk pegesystem (automatic aiming, automatic pointing system), automatisk maalfoelgning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), sigtesymbol (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), stilleskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), justeringsskrue (adjusting screw, aiming screw, regulating screw), sigteinstrument (aiming device, sighting device). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Skchip | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | zacielenie (sight, aiming, pointing), nastavenie (adjusting, adjustment, alignment, balancing, justification), namierenie (aiming), nastavenie svetlometu (aiming of headlamp), delostrelecká buzola (aiming circle). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | zacielenie (sight, aiming, pointing), nastavenie (adjusting, adjustment, alignment, balancing, justification), namierenie (aiming), nastavenie svetlometu (aiming of headlamp), delostrelecká buzola (aiming circle). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Somkhuri | ասպանդակ (stirrup, aiming). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | apuntando (aiming, jotting, pointing), mirando (looking, regarding, aiming, beholding, envisaging), asestando (fetching, aiming, delivering, driving), ser y estar (aiming), puntería (marksmanship, aim, aiming, gunnery, pointing), orientación (orientation, trim, guidance, aiming, bearing), Apuntar (note, write down, aim, point, break), apuntamiento (aiming, annotation, fussiness, kurtosis, minute), apuntado (aimed, pointed, aim, aimd, aiming), tubo de puntería (aiming rifle, aiming tube). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | tähtäys (aiming, sighting), kaukoasettelu (remote aiming), automaattinen suuntaseuranta (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic pointing system, automatic tracking, autotrack), suuntakehä (aiming circle), tähtäysympyrä (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäyssymboli (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäinlaite (aiming device, sighting device), diopteri (diopter, aiming device, sighting device, vane). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | tähtäys (aiming, sighting), kaukoasettelu (remote aiming), automaattinen suuntaseuranta (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic pointing system, automatic tracking, autotrack), suuntakehä (aiming circle), tähtäysympyrä (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäyssymboli (aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), tähtäinlaite (aiming device, sighting device), diopteri (diopter, aiming device, sighting device, vane). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | syftning (aiming, allusion), Andra fakultativa protokollet till den internationella konventionen om medborgerliga och politiska rättigheter syftande till dödsstraffets avskaffande (second optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty), automatisk riktning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), riktmärke (aim, benchmark, aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), siktinstrument (aiming device, sighting device), kompassvinkelmätare (aiming circle). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | syftning (aiming, allusion), Andra fakultativa protokollet till den internationella konventionen om medborgerliga och politiska rättigheter syftande till dödsstraffets avskaffande (second optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty), automatisk riktning (angle tracking, automatic aiming, automatic tracking, autotrack), riktmärke (aim, benchmark, aiming circle, aiming field, aiming symbol), siktinstrument (aiming device, sighting device), kompassvinkelmätare (aiming circle). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tosk | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | nişan alma (aim, aiming, sighting), amacın nedir (what are you aiming at), ilk tevcih noktası (initial aiming point), far ayarı (focusing of lamp, headlamp adjustment, headlamp setting, headlight adjustment, headlight aiming), tevcih (aiming pointing, bestowing something upon somebody, conferring, directing, granting somebody something). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | наводка (aiming, sighting), прицілювання (aim, aiming), прицільний (aiming). Additional references: Ukrainian, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | navodka (aiming, sighting), pritsіlyuvannya (aim, aiming), pritsіlʹniy (aiming). Additional references: Ukrainian, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Veiao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Veiao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Volof | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Volof, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Wajao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Wajao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Walaf | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Walaf, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Waro-Waro | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Waro-Waro, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Welsh | anelog (aiming, guided). Additional references: Welsh, United Kingdom, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Wolof | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Wolof, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Yallof | diir (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at), dàkk (to aim, intend, to intend, aiming, aim at). Additional references: Yallof, Senegal, Mauritania, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Yao | -lwiisya (aiming accurately, finish off a wounded animal). Additional references: Yao, Malawi, Mozambique, aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zhgabe | të drejtuarit (aiming). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), aiming. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “aiming” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Esperanto | laŭcela (ad hoc, aiming, efficient, suitable), alcela (aiming). Additional references: Esperanto, aiming. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | aimingway (aiming). Additional references: Pig Latin, aiming. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | aisnaan (aiming). Additional references: Terran B, aiming. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
| Language | Period | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | ||
| Latin | 500 BCE - 1700 | directionis (act of directing, aiming, arranging in line, correction, direction), directionem (act of directing, aiming, arranging in line, correction, direction), directione (act of directing, aiming, arranging in line, correction, direction). Additional references: Latin, aiming. (volunteer) | ||
| Gaulish | 400 - 500 | cobro (desire, ambition, lust, aiming at, ambitiousness). Additional references: Gaulish, aiming. (volunteer) | ||
| Old French | 900 - 1400 | assener (hit, steer, to aim, knock, strike), aviser (recognize, to recognize, consider, to consider, acknowledge), aesmer (compare, to compare, appreciate, think, to appreciate), adrecier (steer, to aim, fix, manage, to fix). Additional references: Old French, aiming. (volunteer) | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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