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aspire (verb), aspires; aspired, aspiring
1. To hope or to work towards a profession or an occupation: Jason is aspiring to become a journalist so he is taking related university courses and working for a local newspaper as an apprentice.
2. Etymology: from late Middle English and French aspirer; or Latin aspirare, from ad, "to" + spirare, "to breathe".
To greatly desire to achieve something.
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aspire, aspires; aspired; aspiring
To have a desire or great ambition and hope of achieving a certain profession or occupation. (1)
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