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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-spahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : əˈspaɪər

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Origin :
  • "to strive for," c.1400, from Old French aspirer "aspire to; inspire; breathe, breathe on" (12c.), from Latin aspirare "to breathe upon, to breathe," also, in transferred senses, "to be favorable to, assist; to climb up to, to endeavor to obtain, to reach to, to seek to reach; infuse," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). The notion is of "panting with desire," or perhaps of rising smoke. Related: Aspired; aspiring.
  • adj hopeful
Example sentences :
  • They took an aspiring angel and made a domestic animal of him.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Henry was modest, yet aspiring; gentle, yet intense in his affections.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • But they are of aspiring nature, and this fact was known to the Fiend.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Yet under all these clouds, their spirit was hopeful and aspiring.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • "I hope so," said Harry, in an aspiring tone, which greatly satisfied his tutor.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • How the aspiring and imaginative must suffer in an atmosphere so cold and blighting!
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various
  • Skilful, aspiring, resolute, he grew steadily in knowledge and in power.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Strange, that the Creole should be aspiring to the leadership of a band about to invade their country!
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • She was not by nature bad, although vain, selfish, and aspiring.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • He sees the faintest, weakest desire, aspiring after goodness.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

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