Associations to the word «Aspiration»

Wiktionary

ASPIRATION, noun. 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 or of)
ASPIRATION, noun. The action of aspirating.
ASPIRATION, noun. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

Dictionary definition

ASPIRATION, noun. A will to succeed.
ASPIRATION, noun. A cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business".
ASPIRATION, noun. A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath.
ASPIRATION, noun. The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King