aspires

aspires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aspire.

Meaning of aspire

aspire (third-person singular simple present aspires, present participle aspiring, simple past and past participle aspired)

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
- to aspire to / for / after / to do something; to aspire that something happens
Synonyms:

crave, pursue, strive, yearn, dream
(obsolete, transitive) To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
- Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, / Untill our bodies turne to Elements: / And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
Synonyms:

ascend, mount
(archaic, intransitive, literary, transitive) To move upward; to be very tall.
- In midſt of which a ſumptuous Temple ſtands, / That threats the ſtarres with her aſpiring toppe.1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature D, verso
Synonyms:

ascend, rise, soar, tower

What is aspires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?: Aspires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aspire.

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