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# aspire

«aspire» in Mova's school dictionary: **to want very much to reach something great, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (aspire, aspires, aspired, aspiring)

### meaning for a pupil

To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life. 2) (formal) To aspire to something is to hope to reach it one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a humble person who aspires to marry a prince or rise above their station; a hero who aspires to a great deed

### examples

- Many girls aspire to be queens in the tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#x1)
- The poor boy aspires to a finer life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#x2)
- She aspires to be a doctor one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#x3)
- The little duckling aspired to swim with the swans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aspire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.