aspire
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
Archaic. to rise up; soar; mount; tower.
Origin of aspire
1synonym study For aspire
Other words for aspire
Other words from aspire
- as·pir·er, noun
- as·pir·ing·ly, adverb
- non·as·pir·ing, adjective
- un·as·pir·ing, adjective
- un·as·pir·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use aspire in a sentence
Here are the winners and losers from a busy night that saw a heartbreaking injury, some surprise picks in the lottery and a number of meaningful trades involving aspiring contenders.
NBA draft winners and losers: A win for LaMelo Ball, woe for the Warriors | Ben Golliver | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostAs part of that goal, he aspired to develop his own emblem—a quaternio—as shorthand for how nature is connected.
The Synchronicity of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung - Issue 93: Forerunners | Paul Halpern | November 18, 2020 | NautilusFor aspiring crowd farmers, though, signing on is as easy as signing up on the Complete Farmer website and putting down, for example, $750 per acre on ginger crops.
Whether you’re a founder, investor, engineer, student or an aspiring entrepreneur, it’s where you’ll find the space industry’s most important people across public, private and defense sectors.
Early-bird savings ends this Friday for TC Sessions Space 2020 | Alexandra Ames | November 9, 2020 | TechCrunchLast month, Winiarski’s family foundation gave a $150,000 grant to the Western Colorado Viticulture and Enology Program at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction to create a viticulture center and fund scholarships for aspiring winemakers.
Good wine is now being made in most parts of the country. Here’s how to find it. | Dave McIntyre | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
Craig-Lewis was an 11-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, a position she had aspired to since grade school.
The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter | Christopher Moraff | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had aspired to construct an epic figure after visiting the pyramids and sphinxes of Egypt in 1855.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI particularly aspired to be an obscure novelist, which sounds strange I suppose.
David Cronenberg: Why Frustrated Novelists Hate the Screenplay | Craig Hubert | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRaised from nothing, Harding aspired to greatness: she wanted to be the best female figure skater in the world.
ESPN’s ‘The Price of Gold’ Revisits the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Scandal | Amy Zimmerman | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was active in the school newspaper and aspired to be a lawyer.
West Virginia Heathers: Was Skylar Neese Murdered by Her Best Friends? | Caroline Linton | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, hence, a standing of Christian profession higher than has yet been attained to by any, has to be aspired at.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIndeed the grand end of the Church's continuance in the world, is aspired at by the efforts of all her true members.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIn 1824 he practiced law and aspired to become a substitute judge.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheWas it forgotten that the House of Austria had once aspired to universal dominion?
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt aspired to rise to a knowledge of God as the supremest wisdom and grandest attainment of mortal man.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for aspire
/ (əˈspaɪə) /
(usually foll by to or after) to yearn (for) or have a powerful or ambitious plan, desire, or hope (to do or be something): to aspire to be a great leader
to rise to a great height
Origin of aspire
1Derived forms of aspire
- aspirer, noun
- aspiring, adjective
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