aspire
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See also aspiré
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French aspirer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
aspire (third-person singular simple present aspires, present participle aspiring, simple past and past participle aspired)
- (intransitive) To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).
- He aspires to become a successful doctor someday.
- (transitive, obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
- Shakespeare
- That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
- Shakespeare
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to hope or dream
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
aspire
- first-person singular present indicative of aspirer
- third-person singular present indicative of aspirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of aspirer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of aspirer
- second-person singular imperative of aspirer
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
aspire
- first-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of aspirar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
aspire (infinitive aspirar)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- French verb forms
- Galician verb forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
