Aspire

Definition: Aspire

Aspire

Verb

1. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aspire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Aspire

Ascent

Verb: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.

Desire

Desiderate; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.

Intention

Bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to.

Worship

Verb: worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship.

Crosswords: Aspire

French (aspires).

All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

I aspire to be as great as Kirosawa. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Aspire to inspire before you expire. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Aspire Higher (reference)

• Aspire to the Heav (reference)

• Aspire to the Heavens [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Chilton's Ford: Aspire 1994-98 Repair Manual (Chilton's Total Car Care Manual) (reference)

• Ford Festiva & Aspire '88 Thru '97 (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Aspire (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Acer Aspire 1403 Notebook (256MB RAM, 30GB hard drive) (reference)

• Aspire 1400XC (reference)

• 128MB FOR ACER ASPIRE 2842 (reference)

• Visiontek Mass Storage 16MB Module For Acer Aspire Series (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I aspire to be acquainted with wiser men than this our Concord soil has produced, whose names are hardly known here.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

Shi'a leaders also have complained that Shi'a who aspire to serve as imams are forced to seek appropriate training and education abroad due to the lack of Shi'a jurisprudence courses at Kuwait University's College of Islamic Law, which only offers Sunni jurisprudence. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Despite the fact that Norway and the Nordics aspire to world leadership in telecommunications (especially in wireless), U.S. technologies and services are very highly regarded, and there are many areas where the U.S. has know-how it can transfer. (references)

Minorities

Burma

Only one non-Buddhist served in the Government at the ministerial level, and the same person, a brigadier general, is the only non-Buddhist known to have held flag rank in the armed forces since the 1990's. The Government actively discourages Muslims from entering military service, and Christian or Muslim military officers who aspire to promotion beyond the middle ranks are encouraged by their superiors to convert to Buddhism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "aspire": aspire at ♦ aspire to ♦ aspire to high positions. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aansoek doen (aspire to, hope, hope for, run, run for election), ambieer (aspire to, hope, hope for). (various references)

Albanian

aspiroj, dëshiroj (care, choose, crave, desiderate, desire, like, list, love, please, want, wish, wish for). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حلق (circle, ear ring, fauces, flatten out, flit, float, fly, fly off, gorge, gullet, hawk about, larynx, pharynx, plane, ring, rise, shaving, soar, take off, throat, tower, trim), ‏تاق (ache, aim, crave, desire, gasp, hanker, hone, hunger, pant, want, wish, yearn), ‏طمح الى, ‏إرتفع (advance, arise, ascend, climb, come in, flow, hike, lift, lift off, mount, snowball, soar, spring, tower, uplift). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стремя се (reach out, strive, tug, yearn), аспирирам, издигам се (advance, arise, arose, ascend, flow, go up, jump, loft, move up, peak, push up, rise, rise in the world, shoot up, tower, uprise), домогвам се. (various references)

Chinese 

熱望 , 向往 (Aspired, Aspiring). (various references)

Czech

toužit (ache, desire, hanker, want, yearn). (various references)

Dutch

najagen (aspire to, chase, hope for, hunt after, hunt for, persecute, prosecute, pursue), dingen naar (aspire to, hope for), ambiëren (aspire to, hope for). (various references)

Esperanto

aspiri (aspire to, hope for). (various references)

Faeroese

tráa (aspire to, hope for), stremba (aspire to, hope for, strive for). (various references)

Farsi 

فروبردن (Absorb, Devour, Gulp, Imbibe, Immerse, Plunge, Ram, Swallow), استنشاق کردن (Breathe, Inhale, Inspire), ارزوکردن (Crave, Desire, Wish, Yearn), ارزوداشتن (Hope, Wish), اشتیاق داشتن (Crave, Hanker, Hunger, Thirst, Yearn), بلندپروازی کردن (Soar), بالارفتن (Ascend, Boost, Climb, Lift, Soar, Up). (various references)

Finnish

pyrkiä (aim, aspire to, endeavour, hope for, seek, strive, strive for, try). (various references)

French

aspirer (aspirate, aspire to). (various references)

German

streben (aspiration, efforts, pursuit, quest, strive, striving, swot, tend, trend), aufstreben (soar, tower), anstreben (aspire to, seek for, strive for). (various references)

Greek 

φιλοδοξώ (aspire to). (various references)

Hungarian

aspirál (aspire to, hope for), törekszik (make a break for it, pursue, to endeavor, to make an effort, to stand for, to try after, to try for), sóvárog (ache, aspire to, crave, hanker, hope for, long for, to crave, to hanker, to hunger, to pine, to yammer, to yearn, yammer, yearn), nagyra vágyik (to aim high). (various references)

Indonesian

bercita-cita (long for, longing, yearning). (various references)

Italian

aspirare (aspirate, breathe in, exhaust, inhale, pretend, suck, suck in, suck up), ambire (long for), bramare (covet, crave, desire, hanker, hunger, long, long for, lust, yearn). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

志す (to aspire to, to intend, to plan, to set aims). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"�"ろざす (to aspire to, to intend, to plan, to set aims). (various references)

Manx

yeearree (application, ask, aspiration, beseech, fancy, importune; prayer, intention, intreat, request, solicit, soliciting, wish, yearn). (various references)

Papiamen

aspirá (aspire to, hope for). (various references)

Pig Latin

aspireay

Portuguese

aspirar (ache, aspirate, aspire to, breathe, draw, drew, exhaust, hope for, imbibe, inhale, inspire, pump, sniff, yearn). (various references)

Romanian

aspira (aspirate, breathe, endeavor, endeavour, exhaust, inspire, sniff, suck), tinde (incline to, reach after, strive), nãzui (aim, strive). (various references)

Russian 

стремиться (aim, emulate, gravitate, seek [b], wish for). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

težiti (gravitate, long, seek for, strive, trend, weigh), stremiti (strive), žudeti (ache, covet, crave, hanker, hunger, long for, lust, thirst, yearn). (various references)

Spanish

aspirar (aim, aspirate, breathe, breathe in, draw in, inhale, snuff, suck in, suck up), anhelar (ache for, be eager for, covet, crave for, desire, gasp, hanker, hanker after, hanker for, have a yen to, long, long for, pant, pine for, sicken for, wheeze, yearn for), ambicionar. (various references)

Swedish

längta (asspire, die, gasp, hunger, languish, long, yearn). (various references)

Thai

มีความต้องการ. (various references)

Turkish

arzulamak (ache, desire, hanker, have a yen for, long for, lust after, lust for, want, will, wish, yearn), peşinde olmak (chase, go after, pursue, seek after, seek for), can atmak (ache for, ache to, be dying for, crave, die for, hanker, have an itch to, itch, itch to, jump at, lick one's chops, long, look forward to, raring to, set one's heart on), çok istemek (be thirsty for, covet, crave, gasp for smth., have an itch to, itch, itch to, raring to, set one's heart on, set one's mind on, slaver for). (various references)

Turkmen 

ymtylmak (long for). (various references)

Ukrainian

підноситися (ascend, shoot up, soar), прагнути (affect, aim, endeavor, endeavour, ensue, gasp for, gravitate, hanker, point, try for, wish for), домагатися (aim, angle, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit, woo). (various references)

Welsh

dyheu (long, pant, yearn). (various references)

aspirare. (various references)

aspirer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "aspire": aspired, aspirer, aspirers, aspires. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Aspire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aphiri, apier, aprie, apure, Ashpitel, asire, asnier, aspare, asper, aspere, Asperen, asperge, Asperne, aspert, asperum, aspice, aspide, aspiere, aspine, aspre, Assir, aupere, Ausperg, azaire, Aziru, Espriu, salire, sapide, sapore. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: paries, praise, spirea.

-1 letter: apers, apres, arise, asper, pairs, paise, pares, paris, parse, pears, peris, piers, prase, presa, pries, prise, raise, rapes, reaps, ripes, sepia, serai, spare, spear, speir, spier, spire.

-2 letters: airs, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, ires, pair, pare, pars, pase, pear, peas, peri, pias, pier, pies, rape, raps, rase, rasp, reap.

+1 letter: aperies, apprise, aspired, aspirer, aspires, despair, diapers, harpies, impresa, paniers, paresis, parises, parries, parties, parvise, pastier, paviser, piaster, piastre, pirates, praised, praiser, praises, rapiers, rapines, raspier, repairs, sappier, scrapie, sharpie, soapier, spacier, spiraea, spireas, traipse, upraise, waspier.

+2 letters: airscape, airspace, airspeed, aphorise, apiaries, appliers, appraise, apprised, appriser, apprises, apprizes, asperity, aspheric, aspirate, aspirers, calipers, caprices, crappies, crispate, despairs, diaspore, dispread, earlship, epicarps, epigrams, espalier, firepans, garpikes, grapiest, harelips, heparins, impalers, impearls, impresas, japeries, lempiras, meropias, misparse, naperies, painters, panfries, panniers, pantries, paradise, parasite, parchesi, parecism, pareiras, paretics, parietes, parishes, parities, parodies, parslied, partiers, parvises, pastries, pavisers, pelorias, peracids, periapts, perillas, perisarc, pertains, pharisee, piaffers, piasters, piastres, picrates, pilaster, pinaster, piracies, plaister, plaiters, plashier, polarise, practise, prairies, praisers, pralines, praxises, presidia, prevails, primages, primates, pristane, privates, pyrexias, rampikes, ranpikes, raphides, rapidest, raspiest, repaints, replicas, reprisal, samphire, sapphire, sapremia, sapremic, scrapies, septaria, seraphic, seraphim, seraphin, sharpies, slipware, snappier, sparerib, sparkier, sparlike, sparrier, spearing, spiracle, spiraeas, spiraled, spirulae, sprained, swampier, traipsed, traipses, triphase, upraised, upraiser, upraises, vampires, vaporise, vespiary, warpwise, wiretaps.

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