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aspiring

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as·pire  (-spr)
intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires
1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom.
2. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge.
3. To soar.
[Middle English aspiren, from aspirer, from Latin asprre, to desire; see aspirate.]
as·pirer n.
as·piring·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.aspiring - desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
aspirant, wishful
ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement
aspiring
adjective hopeful, longing, would-be, ambitious, eager, striving, endeavouring, wannabe (informal), wishful, aspirant an aspiring young artist
Translations
aspiring [əsˈpaɪərɪŋ] ADJ (= ambitious) → ambicioso; (= budding) → en potencia, en ciernes
this is good news for any aspiring politician → eso es bueno para cualquier político en potencia or en ciernes
aspiring [əˈspaɪərɪŋ] adj [artist, writer] → en herbe; [manager] → potentiel(le)
aspiring
adj → aufstrebend
aspiring [əsˈpaɪərɪŋ] adj → aspirante


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It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world; but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by, and I know right well, that any good that intermixed itself with my apprenticeship came of plain contented Joe, and not of restlessly aspiring discontented me.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
To these were added an aspiring spirit that always looked upwards; a genius bold, fertile, and expansive; a sagacity quick to grasp and convert every circumstance to its advantage, and a singular and never wavering confidence of signal success.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
But power to do good, is the true and lawful end of aspiring.
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