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NOUN:1. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 2. One that is fired at, attacked, or abused: butt3, mark. See SEEK.
VERB:1. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean1, plan, project, propose, purpose. Regional : mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 2. To make a target of: mark. Idioms: draw (or get) a bead on. See SEEK.
 
 
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