aspiration
See also: Aspiration
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
- 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).
- Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.
- Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.
- 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
- TfL retains aspirations to further increase frequency on the ELL [East London Line] to 24tph, which would require a switch from conventional signalling to a digital railway solution involving automatic train operation on the core section.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
hope or ambition
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Etymology 2 edit
From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.
Noun edit
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
- The action of aspirating.
- (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
action of aspirating
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burst of air that follows the release of some consonants
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Further reading edit
- “aspiration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aspiration”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish edit
Noun edit
aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)
Declension edit
Declension of aspiration
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | aspiration | aspirationen | aspirationer | aspirationerne |
genitive | aspirations | aspirationens | aspirationers | aspirationernes |
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin aspirātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aspiration f (plural aspirations)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.