Associations to the word «Aspire»

Wiktionary

ASPIRE, verb. (intransitive) To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).
ASPIRE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
ASPIRE, verb. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Dictionary definition

ASPIRE, verb. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats