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aspire

Definition for aspire

verb as in aim, hope

Strongest matches

crave, pursue, strive, yearn

Strong matches

desire, dream, hanker, long, seek, struggle, try, want, wish

Weak matches

be ambitious, be eager

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Example Sentences

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From south-eastern Nepal, the family's eldest son had pursued his studies in Kathmandu and aspired to be a civil servant.

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Or maybe it was a magazine like GQ or Vogue that set the template for who or what you aspired to be.

That series revolved around an aspiring comedian’s increasingly sinister encounters with an eccentric woman.

This fanged satire aspires to be a new “Dr. Strangelove,” and it comes pretty close.

“It felt like another world, so far from reach. Yet it was a life I aspired to live one day.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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