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Desired result

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Desired result' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Desired result crossword clue was last seen on November 24 2023 in the popular Newsday Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%AIMDesired resultNewsday
20%MISFIREFail to achieve the desired resultWall Street Journal

Definition

• 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 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.
• To guess or conjecture.
• 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).
• The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, 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.
• Conjecture; guess.

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