1. 1  any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. 2  irritable bowel syndrome. ( 3 med) a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both.
Metaphor: aim. An aim or purpose that you want to achieve is like a place that you want to get to or a target that you want to hit. 1  I havenât yet reached my goal. 2  They are making every effort to reach an agreement.3  We want to achieve our ends by peaceful means. 4  Many of the students are aiming for jobs in the media.efinition and synonyms of aim from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Publishers Limited.
1 A material object that physically exists. 2  A goal that is striven for. ( 3 grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.  The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.