English noun: aspiration |
1. | aspiration (attribute) a will to succeed |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ambition, ambitiousness |
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2. | aspiration (feeling) a cherished desire |
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| Samples | His ambition is to own his own business.
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| Synonyms | ambition, dream |
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| Broader (hypernym) | desire |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American Dream, emulation, nationalism |
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3. | aspiration (communication) a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath |
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| Broader (hypernym) | articulation |
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4. | aspiration (act) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
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| Synonyms | breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | breath |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | drag, gasp, pant, puff, pull |
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| Part meronym | breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation |
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