aspire
verb
as·pire
ə-ˈspī(-ə)r 
aspired; aspiring
1
: to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
She aspired to a career in medicine.
aspirer
noun
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Examples of aspire in a Sentence
aspire to great deeds, and you have a better chance of doing good deeds
a tower aspiring towards the heavens
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Partnering up with robot duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), aspiring Jedi Luke Skywalker and Millennium Falcon captain Han Solo set forth to rescue the princess, but end up in the thick of the Galactic Civil War.
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 May 2024
Even when the motive isn’t noble, though, there’s no more use castigating young social media influencers in 2024 than there has been in the past century of aspiring film and TV stars.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 May 2024
Even when the motive isn’t noble, though, there’s no more use castigating young social media influencers in 2024 than there has been in the past century of aspiring film and TV stars.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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“Aspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspire. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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aspire
verb
as·pire
ə-ˈspī(ə)r
aspired; aspiring
: to work to get something high or great
aspirer
noun
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