Meanings
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1
noun
A strong hope or ambition to achieve something.
She had aspirations to become a doctor.
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2
noun
The act of breathing in air.
Aspiration of food into the lungs can be dangerous.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
noun
· the act of breathing in air.
inhalation
Word family
Forms
aspirations
Etymology
From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.
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