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aspiring

[uh-spahyer-ing]

adjective

  1. eagerly or ambitiously aiming for a particular career, title, social status, etc.: a team of aspiring gold medalists.

    an aspiring composer;

    a team of aspiring gold medalists.



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Other Word Forms

  • aspiringly adverb
  • nonaspiring adjective
  • unaspiring adjective
  • unaspiringly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aspiring1

First recorded in 1575–1595; aspire ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )
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The aspiring costume designer came to the market with an out-of-town friend despite her father’s warning against the neighborhood’s dangers given the protests.

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We break down why it's happening and the dangers of Means, an unlicensed functional medicine doctor who talks to trees, advocates against sunscreen and is an aspiring poet, being nominated for Surgeon General.

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Josh Hoffman sat before a room of aspiring homeless service workers and talked about why it’s important not to get discouraged.

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Donald Trump is America’s first elected autocrat and an aspiring dictator.

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Donald Trump, as the country’s first elected autocrat and aspiring dictator, rejects the responsibilities and the very concept of public service.

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