Past tense of aspire
regular verb
The past tense of aspire is aspired. The past participle is also aspired.
Forms of aspire
| Base form (V1) | aspire /əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | aspired |
| Past participle (V3) | aspired |
| Present participle | aspiring |
| Third person singular | aspires |
Aspired in a sentence
- We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House, pages 177–178
- They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.From the entry affluent
- They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth.From the entry affluence
- In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.From the entry forestall
- They aspired to circumaviate the globe.From the entry globe
Meaning of aspire
- verb To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
- verb To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
- verb To move upward; to be very tall.
Questions about the past tense of aspire
- What is the past tense of aspire?
- The past tense of aspire is aspired.
- What is the past participle of aspire?
- The past participle of aspire is aspired.
- Is aspire a regular or irregular verb?
- Aspire is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aspire (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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