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as·pire (ə spīr)

intransitive verb -·pired, -·pir·ing

  1. to be ambitious (to get or do something, esp. something grand); seek (after)
  2. Archaic to rise high; tower

Etymology: ME aspiren < L aspirare, to breathe upon, aspire to < ad-, to + spirare, to breathe: see spirit

aspire Related Forms
as·pirer noun
aspire Synonyms

aspire

v.

yearn, seek, aim, strive; see try 1, want 1, yearn.

aspire Usage Examples

Object

  • entrepreneur: Clair Ferguson, BBV Director said: 'This is a marvelous opportunity for both existing and aspiring music entrepreneurs to get sector-related support.
  • manager: The research focuses on aspiring middle managers within the context of a formal postgraduate management award.
  • writer: But when are aspiring writers going to be given their first break to be immortalized in the public domain?
  • leader: DfES Guidance on the mandatory regulation makes it clear that aspiring school leaders must plan their career appropriately.

Adjective modifier

  • __________________: Courtesy of: BBC News __________________ ****************************************** ** Aspire To Inspire Before You Retire Or Expire!

Adjective complement

  • amateur: Camera shake looks plain amateurish, and we all know the ' professional look ' is the holy grail of any aspiring amateur.

Modifying Another Word

  • realistically: It will promote definitions of achievement to which all learners can realistically aspire, and are relevant to them.
  • all: We should all aspire to be this good at design.
  • ever: If all you've really ever aspired to is the honeymoon suite.
  • never: The wealth is in your face all the time, something you can never aspire to.
  • even: They cannot conceive of, or even aspire to, everyone enjoying Western levels of development and comfort.

Noun used with modifier

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  • **: This is an anti spam device and is nothing personal. __________________ ****************************************** ** Aspire To Inspire Before You Retire Or Expire!
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Infinitive complement

  • emulate: It is the watch that set the standard in professional divers watches and one that most other divers watches aspire to emulate.
  • achieve: A study in perverse musical abandon aspiring to achieve pure sound?
  • govern: He said: âWe havenât understood the country that we aspire to govern.
  • join: This is an international exercise designed to improve the ability of NATO units to work with military forces aspiring to join the NATO family.
  • become: I aspire to become the most powerful man in the world.
  • reach: I've never really aspired to reach a " destination " in life, always being happy to keep moving in a forward direction!
aspire Quotes

I aspire to give no more than a faithful account of men and things asthey have mirrored themselves inmy mind.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

For rigorous teachers seized my youth, And other its faith, and trimmed its fire, Showed me the high, white star of Truth, There bade me gaze, and there aspire.

—Arnold, Matthew

When you thinkof what I had, what else was there to aspire to?

—Rockefeller, Nelson A(ldrich)

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