aspiration
/ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/
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Australia/ˌæspəˈɹæɪʃən/
aspiration noun: the act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
Noun (1)
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
Noun (2)
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
- The action of aspirating.
- A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
- In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
- The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
- The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
aspiration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aspiration in Hindi
- aspiration
- तमन्ना tamannā
aspiration in Tamil
- உயர்வுள்ளல், குறியார்வம், நாட்டம், பேரவா, பேரார்வம், விழைவு
aspiration in Marathi
- aspiration, desire
- आकांक्षा ākāṅkṣā
aspiration in Urdu
- burst of air that follows the release of some consonants
- ہکاریت hakāriyat
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- aspiration in Bengali
- তামান্না tamanna
- aspiration in Telugu
- ఆకాంక్ష
- aspiration in Malayalam
- അഭിലാഷം abhilāṣaṁ
- aspiration in Kannada
- ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆ ākāṅkṣe
- aspiration in Gujarati
- આકાંક્ષા
- aspiration in Odia
- ଆକାଂକ୍ଷା, ଅଭିଳାଷ
- aspiration in Assamese
- উশাহ uxah
- aspiration in Nepali
- आकांक्षा
- aspiration in Arabic
- أَمَل ʔamal, رَشْف rašf, زَفْر zafr
- aspiration in Persian
- دمش dameš
- aspiration in Thai
- ความปรารถนา kwaam-bpràat-tà-nǎa, ปณิธาน bpà-ní-taan
Examples of aspiration in a sentence
- The daily rat race is soul-destroying: you soon give up all aspirations and just try to survive the boredom.
- Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only.
- One aspiration is to mark a particularly momentous year in American history.
Forms of aspiration
| plural | aspirations |
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Origin of aspiration
From aspire + -ation.
From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.
Words formed from aspiration
Phrases with aspiration
Words that rhyme with aspiration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about aspiration
- What does aspiration mean?
- Aspiration means the act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- What is aspiration in Hindi?
- Aspiration in Hindi is तमन्ना (tamannā). See Aspiration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aspiration?
- Aspiration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aspiration?
- Aspiration is pronounced /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aspiration?
- The plural of aspiration is aspirations.
Words near aspiration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aspiration (page history and authors); तमन्ना (Hindi) (page history and authors); aspiration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आकांक्षा (Marathi) (page history and authors); aspiration (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); aspiration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aspiration (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aspiration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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