US /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/
noun Freq #29696

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A strong hope or ambition to achieve something.

    She had aspirations to become a doctor.

  2. 2
    noun

    The act of breathing in air.

    Aspiration of food into the lungs can be dangerous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a strong hope or ambition... ambitiondreamgoal
2 noun · the act of breathing in air. inhalation
Word family
Forms aspirations
Derived forms aspirationalpre-aspirationpreaspiration

Etymology

From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.

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