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Definition of aspire
aspired
;aspiring
aspirer
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Examples of aspire in a Sentence
aspire to great deeds, and you have a better chance of doing good deeds
a tower aspiring towards the heavens
Recent Examples of aspire from the Web
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Those specs misled those of us who aspired to be like the top shooters.
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Aimed at cooks of all levels, McFadden’s recipes aspire for teachable moments in the kitchen made possible by cooking through the six seasons: spring, early summer, midsummer, late summer, fall and winter.
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The CDA, according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, did not immunize the website Modelmayhem.com from a suit brought by an aspiring model who said she was drugged, raped, and filmed by two men during a phony 2011 audition.
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In fact, Ky is actually an aspiring fashion designer, not a hairstylist.
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Eldest son Calvin Stockdale described his brother, James, as an aspiring entertainment businessman who was working on a business degree.
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The diaspora has always aspired to vote in Puerto Rican plebiscites.
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Economists once aspired to be like dentists: dull technocrats the public trusted.
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The document blamed bad training, describing one instance where an aspiring officer slept through an academy class on the proper use of force.
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Origin and Etymology of aspire
Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French aspirer, from Latin aspirare, literally, to breathe upon, from ad- + spirare to breathe
ASPIRE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of aspire for English Language Learners
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: to want to have or achieve something (such as a particular career or level of success)
ASPIRE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of aspire for Students
aspired
;aspiring
: to very much want to have or achieve something aspire to greatness
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