aspirational
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pəˈreɪ noun
1.
strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
2.
a goal or objective desired: The presidency is the traditional aspiration of young American boys.
3.
act of aspirating; breath.
4.
Phonetics.
a.
articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k -sound of key.
b.
the use of an aspirate in pronunciation.
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World English Dictionary
aspiration (ˌæspɪˈreɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | strong desire to achieve something, such as success |
| 2. | the aim of such desire |
| 3. | a. the act of breathing |
| b. a breath | |
| 4. | phonetics |
| a. the pronunciation of a stop with an audible and forceful release of breath | |
| b. the friction of the released breath | |
| c. an aspirated consonant | |
| 5. | removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction |
| 6. | med |
| a. the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body | |
| b. the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction | |
| aspirational | |
| —adj | |
| aspiratory | |
| —adj | |
| aspiration (ˌæspɪˈreɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | strong desire to achieve something, such as success |
| 2. | the aim of such desire |
| 3. | a. the act of breathing |
| b. a breath | |
| 4. | phonetics |
| a. the pronunciation of a stop with an audible and forceful release of breath | |
| b. the friction of the released breath | |
| c. an aspirated consonant | |
| 5. | removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction |
| 6. | med |
| a. the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body | |
| b. the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction | |
| aspirational | |
| —adj | |
| aspiratory | |
| —adj | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | aspirational |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | ambitious; desirous of success |
| Example: | She makes aspirational purchases of self-help books. |
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Word Origin & History
aspiration
1530s, "action of breathing into," from L. aspirationem (nom. aspiratio), noun of action from aspiratus, pp. of aspirare (see aspire). Meaning "steadfast longing for a higher goal, earnest desire for something above one" is recorded from c.1600 (sometimes collectively, as aspirations).
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Medical Dictionary
aspiration as·pi·ra·tion (ās'pə-rā'shən)
n.
The removal of a gas or fluid by suction.
The sucking of fluid or a foreign body into the airway when drawing breath.
A surgical technique used in the treatment of cataracts of the eye, in which an incision is made into the cornea, the lens capsule is severed, and the material of the lens is fragmented and aspirated by a needle.
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Example sentences
It's snobby and grossly aspirational, but it's true.
In addition, he emphasized comparing the research universities against an aspirational peer group.
Given the subsequent slowdown, the government's revenue aims seem aspirational rather than feasible.
Teenagers are highly aspirational, and they don't have that many examples of scientists that they can conceive of wanting to be.
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