Aim for
Heading
Heading noun - A word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize.
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Synonyms for Heading
Aim for and heading are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aim for" instead a verb "Heading".
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- Mark 1 adds a cursor to your targeting reticule that marks where the target will be when the shot gets there (assuming it maintains the same heading), and Mark 2 allows you to set the guns to auto-aim for that point.
Source: Lead the Target -
On the commentary track, Jim Lovell points out that when leaving Earth orbit, you don't aim for where the moon is at the time but where it will be by the time you arrive days later, but admits that showing the spacecraft heading towards the moon makes for a better looking image in the film.
Source: Film / Apollo 13
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Heading and Aim for. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim_for/heading
Aim for & Heading. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim_for/heading>.
Heading or Aim for. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim_for/heading.
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