aspiration (n.)

  1. a will to succeed

  2. a cherished desire; his ambition is to own his own business

    [ Syn: ambition , dream ]

  3. a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

  4. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

    [ Syn: inhalation , inspiration , intake , breathing in ]

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