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.
to direct attention see intend synonyms intention intent purpose goal end aim object objective these nouns refer to what one plans to do or achieve intention simply signifies a course of action that one proposes to follow it is my intention to work for a year and then go back to schoolintent more strongly implies deliberateness the executor complied with the testator s intent intention to and intention of when someone intends to do something you can talk about their intention to do it or their intention of doing it he declared his intention to apply for the job they announced their intention of starting a new business you can say that it is someone s intention to do something