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aspiration
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aspiration
n.
longing, strong desires to achieve and complete something, ambition, goal, dream; (Medicine) act of inhaling, breathing in; drawing in of air or other gases; removal of fluid or other material from the body by suction (Medicine)
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Aspiration
Aspiration or Aspirations may refer to:
Linguistics
- Aspirated consonant, a plosive pronounced with a strong burst of air
- Aspirated fricative (Fricative consonant), a constant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.
- Voiceless glottal fricative, the sound
- Rough breathing, a symbol used in Ancient Greek to indicate an /h/ sound
- Debuccalization, the conversion of a consonant to [h] or [ʔ]
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aspiration
Noun
1. a will to succeed
(hypernym) ambition, ambitiousness
(derivation) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for
2. a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
(synonym) ambition, dream
(hypernym) desire
(hyponym) American Dream
(derivation) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for
3. a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
(hypernym) articulation
(derivation) aspirate
4. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
(synonym) inhalation, inspiration, breathing in
(hypernym) breath
(hyponym) gasp, pant
(part-holonym) breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
(derivation) aspirate
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Aspiration (die)
nf.
aspiration, longing, ambition, goal, dream
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aspiration
nf.
breathing; yearning; aspiration
