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aspire
What does aspire mean?
aspire (verb): have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use aspire in a sentence?
- They aspire to a better life. (Tatoeba sentence #12113691 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce aspire?
/əˈspaɪɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does aspire come from?
From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to aspire
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “aspire” mean?
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
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to emit heat and light without a flame
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state emphatically and authoritatively
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to sail about, especially for pleasure
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