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aspire.

To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/UK/əˈspaɪɚ/US
  1. To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

    intransitive
    to aspire to / for / after / to do something; to aspire that something happens
    He aspires to become a successful doctor.
  2. To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To move upward; to be very tall.

    archaic · intransitive · literary · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).

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