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Think of an English word with "spir" in it, and you can make a pretty good bet that it comes from the Latin spirare, "to breathe."
"Aspire" traces back through Old French to a Latin word, aspirare, meaning "to breathe, or to breathe upon."
Part of speech:
"Aspire" is a common, formal, intense word. It suggests a potent mix of hope, desire, big dreams, and hard work. Pick it when you want to suggest that someone is striving hard, or at least wishing hard, to achieve some lofty goal.
"Hina is ten years younger than Mom, has short hair, a zillion funky pairs of eyeglasses, is this amazing graphic designer and cool in ways I can only aspire to."
Explain the meaning of "aspire" without saying "crave" or "yearn."
Fill in the blanks: "At the start of (some story, book, show, or movie), (the main character) aspires to (do something)."
Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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The opposite of ASPIRE TO could be
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