ALL meanings of aspiration
as·pi·ra·tion
A a - variable noun aspiration Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things. 3
- noun aspiration strong desire to achieve something, such as success 3
- noun aspiration the aim of such desire 3
- noun aspiration the act of breathing 3
- noun aspiration a breath 3
- noun aspiration the pronunciation of a stop with an audible and forceful release of breath 3
- noun aspiration the friction of the released breath 3
- noun aspiration an aspirated consonant 3
- noun aspiration removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction 3
- noun aspiration the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body 3
- noun aspiration the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction 3
- noun aspiration strong desire or ambition, as for advancement, honor, etc. 3
- noun aspiration the thing so desired 3
- noun aspiration a breathing in, as of dust into the lungs 3
- noun aspiration removal of fluid or gas by suction, as from a body cavity 3
- noun aspiration the act of pronouncing with an aspirate 3
- noun aspiration aspirate (sense 5) aspirate (sense 6) 3
- noun aspiration Aspiration is the breathing or induction process of an engine. 3
- noun aspiration ambition, aim 1
- noun aspiration sthg desired 1
- noun aspiration inhalation 1
- noun aspiration a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations. 1
- noun aspiration A hope or ambition of achieving something. 1
- noun aspiration a goal or objective that is strongly desired: The presidency has been his aspiration since boyhood. 1
- noun aspiration the act of aspirating or breathing in. 1
- noun aspiration Phonetics. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k -sound of key. the use of such a speech sound, or aspirate, in pronunciation. 1
- noun aspiration Medicine/Medical. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting. 1
- noun aspiration 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). 0
- noun aspiration The action of aspirating. 0
- noun aspiration (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. 0