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Definition: Aspiration |
AspirationNoun1. A will to succeed. 2. A cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business". 3. A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aspiration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Aspiration \As`pi*ra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression aspiratio, from aspirare: compare to the French expression aspiration.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The act of inhaling. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The removal of fluids from a body or space. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AspirationSynonyms: ambition (n), dream (n), rough breathing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement, breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity,. |
Hope | Hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration. |
Worship | Noun: worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aspiration |
| English words defined with "aspiration": American Dream, aspirate, Aspirement ♦ endotracheal tube. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aspiration": Abishag, alpha-fetoprotein detection ♦ clams, Cordocentesis ♦ Diskectomy, Percutaneous ♦ Ebert ion counter ♦ Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer ♦ ion counter ♦ Pneumonia, Aspiration, Pneumonia, Lipid ♦ sustainable development ♦ Vacuum Curettage ♦ wooden tongue ♦ Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aspiration" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (aspiration), French (ambition, aspiration, breathing, inhale, suck in), German (aspiration). |
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Screenplays | The Thorn Valley Plan is the aspiration of idiots and dreamers! (The Secret of NIMH; writing credit: Don Bluth; Will Finn) | |
Clever | Vision that looks inward becomes duty. Vision that looks outward becomes aspiration. Vision that looks upward becomes faith. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Needle aspiration biopsy of lung showing yeasts of Histoplasma capsulatum. Methenamine silver stain. Credit: CDC. |  | Nodular skin lesions of blastomycosis, one of which is a bullous lesion on top of a nodule. Aspiration of the bulla revealed yeast forms of Blastomyces dermatitidis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Author | Quotation |
G. Macdonald | Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Repentance is another name for aspiration. |
John Morely | You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred. |
William Ellery Channing | Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Poverty in youth, when it succeeds, is so far magnificent that it turns the whole will towards effort, and the whole soul towards aspiration. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hoarseness and aspiration also may occur. (references) | |
Bone marrow aspiration evaluates the stem cells that mature into normal blood cells. (references) | ||
For those who die early from the disease, the cause of death is often aspiration pneumonia. (references) | ||
Economic History | Ireland | House ownership, which Irish people hold dearly, is becoming as aspiration rather than a goal, especially in Dublin where house prices have risen dramatically since the mid-1990s. (references) |
Estonia | The 1905 uprisings were brutally suppressed and Estonian gains were minimal, but the tense stability that prevailed between 1905 and 1917 allowed Estonians to advance the aspiration of national statehood. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We remain the symbol of man's aspiration for liberty and well-being. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. |
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| "Aspiration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aspiration" is used about 292 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 292 | 17,014 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aspiration": aspiration penumonia ♦ aspiration pneumonia ♦ bone marrow aspiration ♦ fine-needle aspiration ♦ Meconium Aspiration ♦ oil aspiration pneumonia ♦ vacuum aspiration. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "aspiration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | aansoek (ambition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aspiratë (aim), synim (aim, contemplation, design, goal, intent, intention, object, objective, purpose, view), qëllim (aim, ambition, cause, design, designation, end, goal, idea, intent, intention, Mark, mission, notion, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, term, thought, view), frymëmarrje (breath, breathing, respiration, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنفس (breath, breathe, breathing, inhale, respiration, respire, sniff), طموح (ambition, ambitious, aspirant, careerist, fly high, goal, pretension, pretentious, pretentiousness), المطمح, النطق بملء النفس, السفط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смукване (puff, pull), придихание, домогване (bid), дишане (breath, breathing, respiration, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 抱 (ambition), 意願 (desire, wish), 志願 (ideal, volunteer, wish), 志向 (Ambition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aspirace, tužba (desire), touha (ambition, craving, desire, hunger, longing, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen), přídech (overtones, undertone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aspiration (inspiration, suction drainage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aspiratie (ambition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aspiro (ambition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aspiraatio, imu (suction), henkeen vetäminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aspiration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Einsaugung, Aufsaugung (absorption), aspiration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλοδοξία (ambition, ambitiousness, pretension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שאיפת אויר, שאיפ" (ambition, breathing, inhalation, striving, suction), "ש'יות (desire for achievement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | törekvés (ambition, effort, endeavor, endeavour, intention, pursuit, striving, tenor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | aspirasi, gayuh (hang low, ideal), cita-cita (goal, grief, ideal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aspirazione (inhalation, suction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 覇気 (ambition), 抱 (ambition, pretension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうけい (a short break or breather, accession, brief recess, commerce and economics, expedient, fine scenery, hieroglyphics, inheritance, lane, longing, path, recess, scenic view, short rest, shortcut, subtotal, succession, type of character representing pictures), やぼう (ambition, designs, treachery), やし" (ambition, designs, treachery), ゆうし" (dashing forward bravely, grieving heart, heroic spirit), あ"がれ (longing, yearning), "うみょうし" (ambition), "うじょうし" (ambition), はき (ambition, annulment, breaking, reversing, revocation), どうけい (affiliated, akin, isomorphism, longing, matter for mutual congratulation, same pattern, same shape, same type), たいぼう (ambition, appearance, austerity, expectant waiting, voluntary privation), きゅうい" (absorption, attraction, sucking in, suction), きぼう (16th night of the month, hope, hoping for, looking forward to, ruse, trick, wish), しが" (desire, historical insight, historical view, nature, spontaneous, the highest good, this world, volunteering), が"もう (desire, total blindness, wish), が"ぼう (desire, former crown prince, full particulars, full picture, the late crown prince, whole story, wish), たいし (ambassador, ambition, concerning China, Crown Prince), たいもう (ambition, body hair), ほうふ (abundance, ambition, bounty, plenty, pretension, wealth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 포부. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yeearree (application, ask, aspire, beseech, fancy, importune; prayer, intention, intreat, request, solicit, soliciting, wish, yearn), ennalaghey (aspirate, breathe, breathing apparatus), boggaghys, ard-vian (craving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | aspirashon (ambition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aspirationay aspiração (ambition, breathing, desideratum, desire, suction). (various references) aspirare (inspiration, intake, suck), aspiraţie (hankering, sniff, suck, suction), ambiţie (ambition, wish), nãzuinţã (endeavor, endeavour, longing). (various references) стремление (ambition, craving, intention [b], longing, objective, pursuit, rush, tendency). (various references) aspiracija, težnja (liking, pursuance, pursuit, tendency, urge). (various references) aspiración (ambition, aspirate, respiration). (various references) aspirering, aspiration, andning (respiration, wind), utsugning (impoverishment), strävan (ambition, endeavor, endeavour, striving), längtan (desire, hankering, hunger, longing, want, wish, yearning, yen). (various references) การสู"ลมหายใจเข้า, การออกเสียงพร้อมกับปล่อยลมหายใจออก, ความทะเยอทะยาน. (various references) arzu (affect, appetence, appetency, appetite, conation, craving, desire, hankering, hunger, intentness, longing, lust, maggot, passion, prurience, pruriency, rage, request, thirst, urge, want, will, willingness, wish, yearning, yen), soluma (breathing, panting), soluklu okuma, nefes alma (breath, breathing, inspiration, respiration, suspiration, taking a breath), istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, avidity, bent, claim, demand, desire, device, devoutness, disposition, earnestness, enthusiasm, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, readiness, relish, request, requirement, requisition, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), emme (absorption, admission, adsorption, soak, sorption, suck, sucking, suction, vacuum), can atma (alacrity, anxiety, eagerness, itch, longing, readiness), özlem (craving, hankering, hunger, longing, missing, nostalgia, yearning, yen). (various references) вдих, прагнення (affectation, ambition, anxiety, appetency, appetition, aspiring, craving, desire, gravitation, hanker, hunger, libido, need, nisus, objective), придих, діхання. (various references) dyhead (yearning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | abeance. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aspiration": aspirational, aspirations. (additional references) | |
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"Aspiration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aparation, apiation, appriation, asiration, aspertion, aspiratio, aspiriation, asporation, Asprilio, Assirati, asspiration, esperation, osireion, raspiration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aspiration" (pronounced a'sperā"shun) |
| 8 | a' s p er ā" sh u n | exasperation. |
| 7 | -s p er ā" sh u n | desperation, expiration, inspiration, perspiration, respiration. |
| 6 | -p er ā" sh u n | cooperation, corporation, evaporation, incorporation, operation, preparation, recuperation, reincorporation, reparation, separation. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | aberration, acceleration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, discoloration, elaboration, enumeration, exaggeration, exhilaration, exoneration, exploration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, laceration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, perforation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sanitoria. | |
-2 letters: apiarist, aspirant, atropins, intarsia, partisan. | |
-3 letters: airpost, anopias, anopsia, antiair, antiars, aroints, artisan, aspirin, atropin, ironist, paisano, parians, partans, partons, pastina, patinas, patrons, pianist, pinatas, piranas, rapinis, rations, sinopia, soprani, spartan, spirant, taipans, tarpans, tarpons, trapans, tropins, tsarina. | |
-4 letters: anopia, antiar, aorist, aortas, aprons, ariosi, arista, aristo, aroint, arsino, instar, intros, isatin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: apparitions, aspirations. | |
+2 letters: anticipators, aspirational, impartations, nonparasitic. | |
+3 letters: anisometropia, antiphonaries, appreciations, azathioprines, coplanarities, endoparasitic, expatriations, haruspication, inspirational, pantisocratic, polarizations, repatriations, separationist, transpiration, vaporizations. | |
+4 letters: anisometropias, appropriations, approximations, caprifications, conspirational, conspiratorial, disapprobation, endoparasitism, haruspications, nitroparaffins, operationalism, operationalist, pantisocracies, pantisocratist, parasitization, participations, pasteurization, patronizations, pluralizations, prevarications, privatizations, proletarianise, propagandistic, reapplications, separationists, transpirations. | |
+5 letters: anisotropically, antiaphrodisiac, bipolarizations, depolarizations, disapprobations, endoparasitisms, graphitizations, hypersalivation, improvisational, inspirationally, nonparticipants, nonpartisanship, operationalisms, operationalists, pantisocratical, pantisocratists, paranormalities, parasitizations, pasteurizations, personalization, popularizations, postirradiation, postmillenarian, prefabrications, procrastinating, procrastination, proletarianised, proletarianises, proletarianizes, prussianization, recapitulations, reimplantations, repolarizations, transcriptional, transpirational, transpositional, trypanosomiasis, unappreciations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 70 69 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .--. .. .-. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s p i r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0070 0069 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35858275846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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