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Synonyms for aspiration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : as-puh-rey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæs pəˈreɪ ʃən

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Définition of aspiration

Origin :
  • 1530s, "action of breathing into," from Latin aspirationem (nominative aspiratio), noun of action from past participle stem of aspirare (see aspire). Meaning "steadfast longing for a higher goal, earnest desire for something above one" is recorded from c.1600 (sometimes collectively, as aspirations).
  • noun goal, hope
Example sentences :
  • He was more than usually polite to the major: he was in the army, the goal of his aspiration!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There were throes of love within her, of aspiration, of an ineffable delight in being.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • And the 'ole point of an aspiration is the sacrifice of someone else.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • There is no room for aspiration and no need of any: 'What is actual is rational, what is rational is actual.'
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • The first may be described as the aspiration of the soul after another state of being.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • Centuries of aspiration and culture—and the world could not escape it.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • Such imposition destroys every better impulse and aspiration.
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • I drink the wine of aspiration, and the drug of disillusion.
  • Extract from : « The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • We were going as hard as ever to keep up, but on higher levels of aspiration.
  • Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller

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