different between aim vs value

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.

Noun

aim (plural aims)

1. 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, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

2. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
3. Intention or goal

   Synonyms: purpose, design, scheme

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

     There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure which, and not labour, is the aim of man - or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.
4. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target

5. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.

Synonyms

• (intention): aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention

Derived terms

• aimless
• take aim

Translations

Verb

aim (third-person singular simple present aims, present participle aiming, simple past and past participle aimed)

1. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it

2. (intransitive) 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
3. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

4. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To guess or conjecture.

Usage notes

• Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• aim at
• ready, aim, fire!

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

aim

1. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

Further reading

• aim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai, mia

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish aimottaa.

Noun

aim (genitive aimu, partitive aimu)

1. sense, idea of something, feeling

   Pole aimugi.

   I have no idea.

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• valew (in the sense of “valour”)

Etymology

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value , feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin val?re (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“to be strong”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?l'?, IPA^(key): /?vælju?/
• Hyphenation: val?ue
• Rhymes: -ælju?

Noun

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

1. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

   Synonym: worth
2. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
3. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.

   He does not share his parents' values.

   family values
4. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
   • 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy

     An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.

   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
5. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.

6. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
   • 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design

     When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.

   • 2010, Rose Edin and ?Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light

     Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.

7. (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.

8. Precise meaning; import.
   • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece

     Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic

9. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.

10. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

    • My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.

11. (obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.

    • And him with equall valew countervayld

Synonyms

• valence

Hyponyms

• added value
• economic value
• face value
• intrinsic value
• lvalue
• market value
• note value
• par value
• rvalue
• time value

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

value (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)

1. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.

2. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
3. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.

4. To hold dear.

Synonyms

• appreciate
• assess
• esteem
• prize
• rate
• respect
• treasure
• valuate
• worthen

Antonyms

• belittle
• derogate
• despise
• disesteem
• disrespect

Translations

See also

• value system

References

• value at OneLook Dictionary Search
• value in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• value in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• value in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• uveal

French

Verb

value

1. feminine singular of the past participle of valoir