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# aspire

verb (aspire, aspires, aspired, aspiring)

«aspire» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/#m1)

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aspire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspire/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aspire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aspire.html) on Mova free.