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əˈspaɪəras·pire
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Princeton's WordNet
draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for(verb)
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
Wiktionary
aspire(Verb)
To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).
He aspires to become a successful doctor someday.
Origin: From aspirer.
Webster Dictionary
Aspire(verb)
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
Aspire(verb)
to rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar
Aspire(verb)
to aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to
Aspire(noun)
aspiration
Origin: [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v. t.]
Freebase
Aspire
Aspire is a work of art, constructed on the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham, in Nottingham, England. It is a 60-metre tall, red and orange steel sculpture, and was, until overtaken by Anish Kapoor's Orbit, the tallest free standing public work of art in the United Kingdom, taller than B of the Bang, Nelson's Column, the Angel of the North and the Statue of Liberty. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth and MAKE Architects, it comprises an 8m high concrete foundation and 52m high red and orange steel tower. The sculpture weighs 854 tonnes, and cost £800,000, which was donated by an anonymous benefactor. The name Aspire was chosen after a competition to name the sculpture, which was open to staff and students at the university. The structure was fabricated by Watson Steel Structures Ltd in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and was then transported to Widnes, Cheshire, where Merseyside Coatings Ltd applied the distinctive red and orange colour scheme.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aspire
as-pīr′ (followed by to or after with the object, or by an infinitive), v.i. to desire eagerly: to aim at high things: to tower up.—n. Aspirā′tion, eager desire.—adj. Aspīr′ing.—adv. Aspīr′ingly.—n. Aspīr′ingness. [Fr.—L. aspirāre, -ātum—ad, to, spirāre, to breathe.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aspire in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aspire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of aspire in a Sentence
I aspire to inspire before I expire.
I don't aspire only to be third, we will move up.
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
RVM:
In life what you ASPIRE will TRANSPIRE—be it Loss or Gain, Sun or Rain, Joy or Pain.
If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third.
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- تاقArabic
- домогвам се, стремя сеBulgarian
- toužitCzech
- aspireDanish
- strebenGerman
- φιλοδοξώGreek
- aspirarSpanish
- آرزو می کنمPersian
- aikoa, pyrkiä, tavoitella jtkFinnish
- aspirarGalician
- aspirareItalian
- לִשְׁאוֹףHebrew
- ambiëren, nastreven, strevenDutch
- aspireNorwegian
- aspiraRomanian
- стремитьсяRussian
- strävaSwedish
- çok istemekTurkish
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