aspiration

Noun

Meaning

The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.

The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dream ambition end purpose target goal desire hope aim objective wish inspiration intent intake inclination
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Antonyms

malice detestation resentment oversight reluctance bitterness
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Hypernyms

desire breath ambition articulation ambitiousness

Hyponyms

pant pull drag nationalism emulation puff

Phrases with the word

electric vacuum aspiration endometrial aspiration manual vacuum aspiration uterine aspiration uterine suction aspiration uterine vacuum aspiration

Examples

his ambition is to own his own business Source: Internet

“About 75 per cent of our students come from outside the top 10 cities, a clear indication of high aspiration levels children and parents possess today, especially when it comes to quality education. Source: Internet

All the clusters are shown in the following table, phonetically, i.e. superscript ʰ can mark either contrastive or non-contrastive aspiration (see above). Source: Internet

As a very junior appointee of the party, some of us even took hardline public positions against the aspiration of President Buhari for instance. Source: Internet

As a man you just think, oh no, can I grow a beard, can I do this, and a mutton chop is a really niche aspiration, but yeah, I got there. Source: Internet

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Hauwa Atiku Uwais, daughter of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to support the aspiration of her father “if and when” he declares interest to run for the office of the President of Nigeria again. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aspirated aspirated consonant aspirated h aspiration abortion aspiration conduit aspiration line