viser

Viser is a French verb meaning to aim or to target. It denotes directing one’s aim toward a target or intending to achieve a particular result. In everyday usage, viser appears in contexts such as shooting, planning, policy, and strategy, where an action is directed at a goal or target. It can also mean to intend or to have the objective of doing something, often expressed with an infinitive clause.

Conjugation and usage: In the present tense the forms are je vise, tu vises, il vise, nous visons, vous visez, ils visent. The past participle is visé, and the verb forms compound tenses with the auxiliary avoir. The infinitive is viser. Viser can be used with a direct object (viser quelque chose) or with the preposition à followed by an infinitive to indicate the objective (viser à faire quelque chose). Examples include: “Le tireur vise la cible” and “Cette réforme vise à réduire les émissions.” The noun visée (feminine) exists as well, meaning the act of aiming or the aimed target, as in “la visée stratégique.”

Etymology and related usage: Viser originates in French and is related to the sense of sight and aiming. The term shares semantic field with other Romance-language verbs that describe sight, aim, and intention, though the concrete forms are specific to French grammar and usage.

Other uses: As a proper noun, Viser may appear as a surname or in brand or product names, but there is no widely recognized topic or object universally titled “Viser” in English-language reference works. In everyday language, it primarily functions as a productive verb with the above meanings.