Definitions for aspiration

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aspiration as·pi·ra·tion

Spelling: [as-puh-rey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌæs pəˈreɪ ʃən/

Aspiration is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 725 anagrams from letters in aspiration (aaiinoprst).

Definitions for aspiration

noun

1. a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition:
2. a goal or objective that is strongly desired:
3. the act of aspirating or breathing in.
4. Phonetics. 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. the use of such a speech sound, or aspirate, in pronunciation.
5. Medicine/Medical. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.

Origin of aspiration

1375-1425; late Middle English (Middle French) Latin aspīrātiōn- (stem of aspīrātiō). See aspirate, -ion

Examples for aspiration

There is no room for aspiration and no need of any: 'What is actual is rational, what is rational is actual.'

There were throes of love within her, of aspiration, of an ineffable delight in being.

And the 'ole point of an aspiration is the sacrifice of someone else.

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience.

He was more than usually polite to the major: he was in the army, the goal of his aspiration!

The salaries were reduced so much that 1000 euro for many workers has now become a goal or aspiration.

Nine years later, making 1,000 euro a month has become an aspiration for many.

Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.

But Roosevelt rooted it firmly in American experience and aspiration.

The President loved the quote, and turned it into an entire ending about American greatness and aspiration.