a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
a goal or objective that is strongly desired: The presidency has been his aspiration since boyhood.
the act of aspirating or breathing in.
Phonetics.
articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key.
the use of such a speech sound, or aspirate, in pronunciation.
Medicine/Medical.
the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe.
the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
Origin of aspiration
1375–1425; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin aspīrātiōn- (stem of aspīrātiō). See aspirate, -ion
FFA, a community of women founders and a startup accelerator working to achieve greater gender diversity in technology, built a sample of 150 women from tech hubs “with high likelihood of having entrepreneurial aspirations,” according to its dataset.
How COVID-19 and the resulting recession are impacting female founders|Alex Wilhelm|October 16, 2020|TechCrunch
The results also highlight some important gaps between aspiration and reality—what people want companies to do, and what they think they’re actually doing.
In a time of crisis, Americans send a clear message to Corporate America: Focus on workers|matthewheimer|October 2, 2020|Fortune
On the other hand, if people share their feelings and candidly explain their fears and aspirations to others, they might better motivate positive change.
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Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.
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The salaries were reduced so much that 1000 euro for many workers has now become a goal or aspiration.
The sucking of fluid or a foreign body into the airway when drawing breath.
A surgical technique used in the treatment of cataracts of the eye, in which an incision is made into the cornea, the lens capsule is severed, and the material of the lens is fragmented and aspirated by a needle.