Aim and Setting

Aim

Aim verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.

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Setting and aim are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Setting" with "Aim", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: aimed, aiming

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Aim and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aim" instead a verb "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good aim	good setting
high	high aim	high setting
particular	particular aim	particular setting
similar	similar aim	similar setting
Other adjectives: specific, original, proper, actual, entire, real, main, major, general, unusual, primary, overall.

Apparently his "backup" from the Intelligence Division would aim at him with a sniper rifle's laser pointer for kicks, setting off his battlefield-honed instincts.

Source: Being Watched
As he's setting up his aim, the last thing he sees is Nick Fury aiming the only other copy of this same rifle at him.

Source: Batman Gambit / Comic Books
Hell, they're not called Researchers (with a capital "R") for nothing... Great Big Book of Everything: Douglas Adams's aim in setting up h2g2.

Source: Website / H2G2

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