Aim vs Orient - What's the difference?
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The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
(obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
* Shakespeare
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.
To direct the intention 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.
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, title= 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).
(obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
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To familiarize with a situation or circumstance.
To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group.
To point at or direct towards.
To determine which direction one is facing.
To place or build so as to face eastward.
To change direction so as to face east.
(by extension) To change direction to face a certain way.
(Orient)
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) A pearl of orient.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 120:
(obsolete, poetic) Rising, like the sun.
* Milton
eastern; oriental
* Hakluyt
Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Wordsworth
* Milton
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countries of asia, especially east asia.As a noun orient is
a pear cultivar from the united states.aim
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings and kids happy .
- What you would work me to, I have some aim .
Synonyms
* (intention) aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency * See alsoVerb
(en verb)Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere.
- (Shakespeare)
Usage notes
* Sense 3. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* aim at *Etymology 2
Initialism
(Initialism) (head)External links
* *Anagrams
*orient
English
Verb
(en verb)- Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.
- We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.
- I will orient all of the signs to face the road.
- Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.
Synonyms
* orientate (UK)Derived terms
() * orientate (UK) * orientation * orienteerNoun
(en noun)- [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
- Henry II wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow, and had a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies and fifty-two great orients .
- (Carlyle)
Adjective
(-)- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun
- the orient part
- pearls round and orient
- orient gems
- orient liquor in a crystal glass