aspiration | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. aspiration | a will to succeed. |
| ~ ambitiousness, ambition | a strong drive for success. |
n. (feeling) | 2. ambition, aspiration, dream | a cherished desire.; "his ambition is to own his own business" |
| ~ desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| ~ american dream | the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did. |
| ~ emulation | ambition to equal or excel. |
| ~ nationalism | the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination. |
n. (communication) | 3. aspiration | a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath. |
| ~ articulation | the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech. |
n. (act) | 4. aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation. |
| ~ breath | the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath" |
| ~ gasp, pant | a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.; "she gave a gasp and fainted" |
| ~ drag, pull, puff | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
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