Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aspiring

/əspˈaɪɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: as-pir-ing
IPA: /əspˈaɪɹɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hoping to become.

verb

present participle and gerund of aspire

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Aspiring pop stars lined up for hours just to audition."
"Time and time again the people were foolish enough to trust, believe, and support with their last farthing aspiring politicians, only to find themselves betrayed and cheated."
"Here three aspiring young seamstresses—diplomas in dressmaking from the People’s College of Zimbabwe hung on the wall—bicker and scowl at each other."
"[…] if we contemplate a vegetable in its material principle, and look on it as made of earth; we muſt have the true Theory of the nature of that Element, or we miſerably fail of our Scientifical aſpirings, […]"
"[…] to the aſpirings of unaſſuming truſt and filial confidence, are ſet no bounds."
"From whatsoe’er my wakened thoughts create Out of the hopes of thine aspirings bold, Have I collected language to unfold Truth to my countrymen; […]"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

aspirings (plural)

Derived Forms

aspiringness nonaspiring unaspiring aspiringly

Synonyms

ambitious wannabe would-be aspirant wishful

Rhymes With

firing hiring inspiring acquiring retiring wiring tiring admiring conspiring expiring uninspiring perspiring

Questions

How do you pronounce aspiring?: The recorded pronunciation is /əspˈaɪɹɪŋ/.
What does aspiring mean?: Hoping to become.

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