aspiration
a strong desire or ambition to achieve something, or the act of breathing in
Word origin: From Latin aspirare, to breathe upon (ad- to plus spirare to breathe).
Aspiration in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing aspiration in a sentence.
Her aspiration to become a physician drove her to study relentlessly.
Her lifelong aspiration to direct an opera was finally realized at the age of sixty.
Using “aspiration” well
Aspiration most often denotes a strong ambition or hope to achieve something. It also has a separate technical sense, the act of breathing in, which the GRE rarely tests.
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Questions about “aspiration”
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