aspiring

American  

[uh-spahyer-ing] / əˈspaɪər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. eagerly or ambitiously aiming for a particular career, title, social status, etc.: a team of aspiring gold medalists.

   an aspiring composer;

   a team of aspiring gold medalists.

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Related Words

See ambitious.

Other Word Forms

• aspiringly adverb
• nonaspiring adjective
• unaspiring adjective
• unaspiringly adverb

Etymology

Origin of aspiring

First recorded in 1575–1595; aspire ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Chalamet gets dinged for aspiring to greatness, and Penn’s about to win his third Oscar simply for being great — and not talking about it.

From Los Angeles Times

With its wide floors, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and a ready audience, the underground passage connecting a train station to Singapore's iconic Gardens by the Bay had served as a practice ground for aspiring dancers for years.

From BBC

Also in Weekend Reads: How to invest during the AI transition, what OpenAI needs to do and a warning for aspiring day traders.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chadwick said his team isn’t aspiring to raise much more money for its activist strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a young, aspiring sports writer with a few credits to my name, I am always on the hunt for new words, literary devices or turns-of-phrase that will make my pieces sing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• eager
• would-be