aspire
verb (used without object)
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).
aspires
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present tense formof aspire (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The company aspires to launch data centers in space, powered by solar energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
“Sheep” aspires for Spielbergian catharsis — one scene seems to consider itself an art-house take on “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” — but the human characters come off as mechanical as the little robot boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
"The way in which the team aspires to play was clear throughout the review," added the RFU.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
“The magnitude of the job dwarfs every man who aspires to it.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
