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"AIMS" is a plural of: aim. |
Date "AIMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | (Administrative Information and Management System) A Census Bureau-wide office automation system that provides general office support functions such as word processing, electronic mail, calculator and spreadsheet functions; displays common information such as rosters, schedules, and contacts; and controlled access to specific administrative applications such as budget, financial, procurement, and travel. The following applications are available in AIMS: BMIS (Budget Management Information System) Creates and tracks a budget operating plan transaction, future year budgets Budget Planning Document (BPD), program authorizations (BC-502A), and project descriptions (BC-502B). CAIS (College Applicant Information System) Allows managers to search for qualified applicants based upon a variety of criteria such as college major, grade point average, and so forth. Personnel Division will also schedule interviews between managers and applicants via CAIS. CLIS (Census Legislative Information System) Displays legislative information that might affect the Census Bureau. Users can select bills based on specific criteria. EMIS (Employee Management Information System) Currently consists of the Position Description Library. Personnel Action and Employee Record information are in development. MAIS (Memorandum Approval Information System) Creates and tracks all memoranda which require approval prior to distribution. Includes the Staff Announcement and Concurrence System (SACS) and the Census Memorandum Approval System (CMAS). The SACS distributes memos which announce positions at the branch chief level or higher. The CMAS distributes memos intended for all Census Bureau distribution. PMIS (Purchase Management Information System) Creates a procurement request (CD-435) for the purchase of materials and resources. Provides the ability to change, delete, approve/deny, and track a procurement request. TMIS (Travel Management Information System) Interactively creates travel orders. Provides the ability to change, delete, approve/deny, and track a travel order. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AIMS | English | Advanced Integrated Millimetre-wave Subassemblies | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AIMS |
| English words defined with "AIMS": Aimer, Altitudinarian, Anti-American ♦ blurred ♦ clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, clouded, conjoined, conjoint ♦ hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush ♦ interest, interest group ♦ on the quiet ♦ platform, political platform, political program, program ♦ secret, surreptitious ♦ undercover, underground. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AIMS": Altitudinarian. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
EugFne Delacroix | The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! |
Kant | What are the aims which are at the same time duties? -- They are the perfecting of ourselves, and the happiness of others. |
Matthew Arnold | This strange disease of modern life with its brisk hurry and divided aims. |
Ovid | Envy aims very high. |
S. Spring | High aims and lofty purposes are the wings of the soul aiding it to mount to heaven. |
Tryon Edwards | High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. |
W. Clement Stone | You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But every insurrection which is directed against a government or a regime aims still higher. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We are often reminded that if there were bestowed on us the wealth of Croesus, our aims must still be the same, and our means essentially the same. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Treatment aims to relieve discomfort and prevent further tissue damage. (references) | |
PubMed Central aims to become a world-class library of the digital age. (references) | ||
The killer binds to its target, aims its weapons, and delivers a burst of lethal chemicals. (references) | ||
Business | However, domestic production aims towards this sector. (references) | |
This is USD 27 million project which aims at improving the medical services. (references) | ||
This project aims at providing electricity to around 1.4 of the 1.85 million inhabitants (300.000 households) without electricity. (references) | ||
Children | Spain | The law aims to ensure fair access to public employment, prevent discrimination, and facilitate access to public facilities and transportation. (references) |
Kenya | The bill aims to outlaw discrimination against persons with disabilities and to assist them through provisions such as mandatory education for children with disabilities. (references) | |
Ireland | The Child Trafficking and Pornography Act aims to protect children from sexual exploitation, including any exchange of information on the Internet that implies a child is available for sex. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Guinea | Missionary groups are required to make a declaration of their aims and activities to the Ministry of Interior or to the NIL. (references) |
Lithuania | However, nontraditional religious communities must present an application, a founding statement signed by no less than 15 members, and a description of their religious teachings and their aims. (references) | |
Cuba | The Constitution provides for citizens' freedoms of speech and press insofar as they "conform to the aims of socialist society." The Government does not allow criticism of the revolution or its leaders. (references) | |
Economic History | Belize | Belize aims to stimulate the growth of commercial agriculture through CARICOM. (references) |
Mauritius | Mauritius aims at becoming a regional financial center in this part of the world. (references) | |
Egypt | This law aims at easing and regulating the registration and deposit of securities. (references) | |
Human Rights | Portugal | A law passed during the year aims to reduce the case backlog by increasing the number of judges. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Reform legislation passed in August and implemented in the fall aims to reduce the power of prosecutors. (references) | |
Indonesia | They claimed that after several days in solitary confinement they were driven to different locations and interrogated at length about their organization's activities, finances, and aims. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | In 1999 the Cabinet approved a new program which aims to address the problems of the Roma minority. (references) |
United Kingdom | The majority of citizens in Northern Ireland support the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which aims to create a lasting settlement to the conflict in Northern Ireland and a society based on equality of opportunity and human rights. (references) | |
Canada | In July a court convicted a man (who was associated with a group that aims to eliminate the use of English in Quebec) of the bombings and sentenced him to 6 months in jail for weapons' possession and 1 month for the firebombing. (references) | |
Political Economy | Turkey | In October Parliament passed an extensive constitutional reform package that aims to improve human rights. (references) |
NETHERLANDS | Fiscal policy aims to strike a balance between further reducing public spending, and lowering taxes and social security contributions. (references) | |
BULGARIA | This legislation defines terms and conditions for public orders and aims for increased transparency and efficiency in public procurement. (references) | |
Trade | Egypt | The GOE aims to upgrade the financial information system linking the Cairo and Alexandria stock markets. (references) |
South Africa | The goal for 2003 has not been firmed as yet, but initial aims are again to keep inflation under 6 percent. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Bangladesh is also a signatory to the Bangkok agreement, which aims at trade liberalization among LDC's in Asia. (references) | |
Travel | Malaysia | Telekom Malaysia, the national phone company, aims to upgrade Malaysia's telecom services to the level of developed countries by the year 2005. Periodic power outages usually caused by thunderstorms in and around the country are not uncommon, although there have not been any major power outages since the nationwide blackout in 1996, which affected all of Peninsular Malaysia. (references) |
Worker Rights | Andorra | In September a federation workers' association officially was formed that aims to regularize labor relations through dialog. (references) |
Pakistan | The ILO runs a program that aims to decrease child labor in the carpet industry by promoting educational opportunities for children. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this: The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The wise man homeward plods; I only stay To fiddle-faddle in a minor key. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Last month Prime Minister Macmillan and I laid plans for a new stage in our long cooperative effort, one which aims to assist in the wider task of framing a common nuclear defense for the whole alliance. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In a world that has grown small and dangerous, pursuit of narrow aims could bring decay and even disaster. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | There were two moments on my recent journey which, for me, confirmed the final aims of our foreign policy and what it always must be. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "AIMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 59.56% of the time. "AIMS" is used about 3,688 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 59.56% | 2,197 | 3,996 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 40.01% | 1,475 | 5,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.43% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,688 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Focal Aims Holdings Bhd |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "AIMS": pitch one's aims very high. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "AIMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 目 (aim, goal, target). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | henstillinger er bindende med hensyn til de opstillede maal (recommendations shall be binding as to the aims to be pursued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | doelstellingen (objectives, pl.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Objectifs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zielt, Zielsetzungen (objectives, pl.), Zielepl. (objectives, pl.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οι συστάσεις συνεπάγονται υποχρέωση ως προς τους σκοπούς τους οποίους τάσσουν (recommendations shall be binding as to the aims to be pursued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | irányzó (cannoneer who aims the piece, gunner, gun-pointer, pointer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | le raccomandazioni importano obbligo negli scopi che prescrivono (recommendations shall be binding as to the aims to be pursued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 志す (to aspire to, to intend, to plan, to set aims). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ""ろざす (to aspire to, to intend, to plan, to set aims). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 조준 (aim, Aiming, Pointing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aimsay as recomendações são obrigatórias quanto aos fins que determinam (recommendations shall be binding as to the aims to be pursued). (various references) стремиться цель (aim). (various references) objetivos (objectives, pl.). (various references) rekommendationerna skall vara bindande med avseende på de mål de avser (recommendations shall be binding as to the aims to be pursued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AIMS": acclaims, claims, counterclaims, declaims, disclaims, exclaims, maims, misaims, misclaims, overclaims, proclaims, quitclaims, reclaims. (additional references) | |
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"AIMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aahmes, aahs, aam, aams, abim, abms, aem, aeme, afms, Agim, agimus, ahim, ahime, Ahmes, aias, aics, aiim, aime, Aimes, aimi, Aimo, aimy, Ainis, ains, Aisb, aiso, aissf, aits, aiws, akim, alism, alm, amd, ami, amias, amic, amies, amirs, amis, amist, amsl, animes, anims, animsl, aons, Apms, aqim, Aqms, asim, asins, asms, atms, avim, Awms, axime, Azimi, daimes, eim, Eimas, eimi, Haimes, Iahs, iama, iames, iamgs, iamos, iams, iiim, iimr, Imis, ims, Jaimz, m, nims, Qaim, Uimx, vims, yaims, yains, zims. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AIMS" (pronounced ā"mz) |
| 3 | ā" m z | blames, claims, dames, disclaims, exclaims, flames, frames, games, Hames, inflames, maims, names, proclaims, shames, tames. |
| 2 | -m z | acronyms, affirms, ageratums, alarms, albums, algorithms, alms, alums, amalgams, anachronisms, angstroms, antagonisms, anthems, aphorisms, aquariums, arms, assumes, atoms, auditoriums, axioms, ballrooms, balms, bantams, baptisms, bathrooms, beams, becomes, bedrooms, biomes, biremes, blooms, blossoms, boardrooms, bombs, booms, bottoms, brooms, bums, caladiums, calms, catacombs, centimes, charms, chimes, chromatograms, chromosomes, chrysanthemums, chums, clams, classrooms, climbs, climes, columns, Combes, combs, comes, condemns, condominiums, condoms, confirms, conforms, consortiums, consumes, Coombs, costumes, counterclaims, courtrooms, crams, creams, crimes, criticisms, crumbs, curriculums, customs, cutworms, cyclostomes, dams, daytimes, deems, diagrams, diatoms, dimes, dims, dirhams, doldrums, domes, dooms, dorms, drams, dreams, drums, dualisms, earthworms, ecosystems, electrocardiograms, elms, emblems, embolisms, endgames, enthusiasms, enzymes, euphemisms, exams, exhumes, extremes, farms, fathoms, fiefdoms, films, firearms, firebombs, firms, flumes, foams, forelimbs, forms, forums, freedoms, fumes, gems, geraniums, germs, ginghams, gleams, gnomes, Grahams, grams, Grimes, grooms, gums, gymnasiums, gyms, hams, handlooms, harms, heirlooms, Helms, hems, herbariums, Herms, histograms, holograms, homes, honorariums, hoodlums, hums, hymns, idioms, incomes, informs, isms. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amis, sima. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-s" | |
-1 letter: aim, ais, ami, ism, mas, mis, sim. | |
-2 letters: ai, am, as, is, ma, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-s" | |
+1 letter: agism, amias, amids, amies, amins, amirs, amiss, bimas, iambs, imams, limas, maids, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, mavis, maxis, miasm, micas, minas, pimas, salmi, sigma, simar, simas, swami, tamis. | |
+2 letters: admits, ageism, agisms, ahimsa, aimers, ambits, amices, amicus, amides, amidst, amigas, amigos, amines, amnios, amusia, animas, animes, animis, animus, armies, autism, axioms, bimahs, camisa, camise, chiasm, claims, disarm, dismal, dismay, emails, famish, favism, gamins, hakims, iambus, ihrams, images, imagos, imaums, inarms, inseam, jasmin, kamiks, kamsin, kismat, lamias, limans, limbas, limpas, mafias, magics, mailes, maills, maists, maizes, mamies, manias, manics, mantis, maquis, marish, mashie, masjid, massif, mastic, mastix, matins, mavies, mavins, maxims, mbiras, medias, mesial, mesian, miaous, miaows, miasma, miasms, miauls, milpas, mimosa, mirzas, misact, misadd, misaim, misate, miseat, mishap, miskal, mislay, missal, missay, mosaic, myasis, nanism, nizams, passim, primas, racism, ramies, sadism, saimin, salami, salmis, samiel, samite, scampi, semina, sigmas, simars, simian, smalti, smilax, stigma, swamis, umiacs, umiaks, umiaqs, zamias, zirams. | |
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