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 Translation for 'to aim' from English to Portuguese
VERB   to aim | aimed | aimed
aiming | aims
SYNO aim | bearing | design | ...
mirarto aim
objetivarto aim
ter em vistato aim
aspirar a [objetivar]to aim
ter como objetivo [Bras.]to aim
ter como objectivo [Port.]to aim
Nouns
meta {f}aim
2
objetivo {m}aim
pontaria {f}aim
2 Words
unverified referir-se ato aim at
apontar parato aim for
unverified ter grandes ambiçõesto aim high
armas
apontar algo a alguém
to aim sth. at sb.
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Usage Examples English
  • In 2008, the International Network of Insurance Associations (INIA), then an informal network, became active and it has been succeeded by the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA), which was formally founded in 2012 to aim to increase insurance industry effectiveness in providing input to international regulatory bodies and to contribute more effectively to the international dialogue on issues of common interest.
  • Compound bows are designed to reduce the force required to hold the string at full draw, hence allowing the archer more time to aim with less muscular stress.
  • This version is modified to require a Wii Remote controller in place of the NES Zapper to aim and shoot targets on the screen.
  • Mathematician George Stibitz of Bell Telephone Laboratories used the word "digital" in reference to the fast electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft guns in 1942.
  • The lower holding weight enables the archer to maintain the bow fully drawn and take more time to aim.

  • Games with only a single fire mode will generally map secondary fire to "aim down the weapon sights".
  • Crossbows and bows use the same launch principle, but an archer must maintain a bow's draw by pitching the bowstring with fingers, pulling it back with arm and back muscles and then holding that form in order to aim.
  • The rotating patterns in the title sequence were done by John Whitney, who used a mechanical computer called the M5 gun director, AKA the Kerrison Predictor, which was used during World War II to aim anti-aircraft cannons at moving targets.
  • One-person robotic-guided total stations allow surveyors to measure without extra workers to aim the telescope or record data.
  • Its role was not to change the direction of flight, as a rudder does in sailing, but rather, to aim or align the aircraft correctly during banking turns and when leveling off from turns and wind disturbances.

  • The primary role of the relatively untrained pilot was to aim the aircraft at its target bomber and fire its armament of rockets.
  • Membership to AIM grew significantly when Reagan was president, topping 40,000 members with a budget of $1.5 million.
  • Present day surface warship designs tend to aim for a balanced combination of all three areas.
  • Dynamic phased array require no physical movement to aim the beam.
  • Space Invaders", where up to four players can work together to erase bubble-encased invaders before they reach the player while only being able to aim straight up.

  • The idea is to aim taxes at people that cause an above-average amount of societal harm so the free market incorporates all costs as opposed to only personal costs, with the benefit of lowering the overall tax burden for people who cause less societal harm.
  • This feature, known as "fire-and-forget", frees the aircrew from the need to further provide guidance, enabling the aircrew to aim and fire several missiles simultaneously at multiple targets and break a radar lock after the missile seeker goes active and guide themselves to the targets.
  • Morosini was said to have responded by directing his artillery to aim at the Parthenon.
  • Given the requirements of weight and fragment density, approximately 700 fragments were needed, with the ability to aim the mine with an accuracy of around [...] at the center of the target zone.
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