Meaning & use
aspiration
A strong hope or ambition to achieve something in the future.
See it in a sentence
Her aspiration to become a surgeon shaped every choice she made in college.
Owning a small farm someday remains his lifelong aspiration and greatest personal goal.
A note on using this word
Aspiration emphasizes a hoped-for achievement rather than a concrete plan; in medicine, the same word describes breathing a foreign object into the lungs or drawing fluid out by suction.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The act of drawing fluid or a foreign object into the lungs or airway by breathing.
The infant was rushed to the hospital after aspiration of a small toy part.
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