Aspire

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom.
  • verb-intransitive. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge.
  • verb-intransitive. To soar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at
  • verb-intransitive. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
  • v. To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
  • n. Aspiration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe to or into.
  • To breathe forth or exhale.
  • To breathe after; seek with eagerness to attain to; long or try to reach; attempt.
  • To mount or soar to; attain.
  • To be eagerly desirous; aim ambitiously, especially at something great or noble; be ambitious: followed by an object with to or after, or by an infinitive: as, to aspire to a crown or after immortality.
  • To rise up as an exhalation, or as smoke or fire; hence, to mount or ascend; tower up or rise high.
  • n. Aspiration; ardent wish or desire.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  • Verb Form
    aspired    aspires    aspiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plan    be after   
    Hyponym
    overshoot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rise    ascend    tower    soar    aspiration    desire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gire    Gyr    Tyre    admire    afire    dire    expire    fire    gire    hire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    talented    enterprising    ambitious    ardent    influential    courageous    eminent    would-be    enlighten    first-rate