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1. (v.i.) aspire
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously, esp. for something of high value:
to aspire after fame.
2. aspire
Archaic. to rise up; soar.
Etymology: (1425–75; < L aspīrāre to breathe on <a-a-5+spirāre to breathe)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
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1. (verb) aspire
to hope to achieve or become
to aspire to be an actor
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1. (noun) aspire
aspiration
2. (verb) aspire
to desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality
3. (verb) aspire
to rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar
4. (verb) aspire
to aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to
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Sense: (usually withto) to try very hard to reach (something difficult, ambitious etc)
He aspired to the position of president.
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 Afrikaans: strewe |
 Arabic: يَطْمَح، يَتوق |
 Bulgarian: стремя се |
 Brazilian: aspirar a |
 Czech: usilovat |
 German: anstreben |
 Danish: stræbe efter; aspirere ti |
 Greek: εποφθαλμιώ |
 Spanish: aspirar a |
 Estonian: pürgima |
 Farsi: آرزو کردن؛ از ته دل خواست |
 Finnish: pyrkiä |
 French: aspirerà |
 Hebrew: לִשְאוֹף |
 Hindi: चाहना |
 Croatian: težiti |
 Hungarian: törekszik |
 Indonesian: berusaha mencapai, bercit |
 Icelandic: sækjast eftir, þrá |
 Italian: aspirare a |
 Japanese: 熱望をいだく |
 Korean: 열망하다 |
 Lithuanian: siekti, trokšti |
 Latvian: tiekties; censties |
 Malay: bercita-cita |
 Dutch: streven (naar) |
 Norwegian: strebe/trakte etter |
 Polish: dążyć do, walczyć o |
 Persian: آرزو کردن؛ از ته دل خواست |
 Pashto: هیله کول، د زړه له کومی غ |
 Portuguese: ambicionar |
 Romanian: a aspira (la) |
 Russian: стремиться |
 Slovak: ašpirovať |
 Slovenian: prizadevati si za kaj |
 Serbian: težiti |
 Swedish: sträva efter, aspirera |
 Thai: มีความปรารถนา |
 Turkish: çok istemek, can atmak |
 Taiwanese: 立志追求 |
 Ukrainian: прагнути, домагатися |
 Urdu: تگ ودو کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khao khát |
 Chinese: 追求，渴望 |
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