See also: Aspiration

English

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Etymology 1

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From aspire +‎ -ation.

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Noun

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aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2

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From aspirate +‎ -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.

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aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

  1. The action of aspirating.
  2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
  3. (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
  4. (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
  5. (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
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Danish

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Noun

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aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)

  1. aspiration

Declension

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Declension of aspiration
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aspiration aspirationen aspirationer aspirationerne
genitive aspirations aspirationens aspirationers aspirationernes

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin aspirātiōnem.

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aspiration f (plural aspirations)

  1. aspiration
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