Aim and Idea

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Aim noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the main aim of a trip to the city is to shop for school clothes, but we always go to the artisans' market, too

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Idea is a synonym for aim in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Aim", when it comes to topics like objective.

Nearby Words: aimed, aiming

Idea noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the idea is to get the information without seeming to be nosy

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Aim is a synonym for idea in intention topic. You can use "Aim" instead a noun "Idea", if it concerns topics such as purpose, plan, or.

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

good	good aim	good idea
best	best aim	best idea
fine	fine aim	fine idea
better	better aim	better idea
Other adjectives: similar, right, original, poor, actual, entire, real, great, bad, terrible, horrible, excellent, main, decent, general, awful, ridiculous, overall, worse.

It was usually a good idea to aim slightly below where you wanted the bullets to go, and let the muzzle climb rake gunfire up your target.

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
In the 50s, when the idea of ITV was put forward, people started to predict terrible things, as the companies would aim at the lowest common denominator.

Source: New Media Are Evil
We aim, we fire, you die; you'll get the idea.Horace: The fighting begins tomorrow on the street, not in here.Dred: (beat) Put my name up there.

Source: Film / The Quick and the Dead

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