aspirations
as-puh-RAY-shunz/ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃənz/
- 1Plural of aspiration.
His political aspirations grew stronger after the successful campaign.
The company's aspirations to lead the market shaped every decision.
Note
A regular -s plural that can serve every sense of the singular, since each is countable as well as uncountable. Ambitions, the puffs of breath after certain consonants, and samples of fluid drawn off through a needle can all be aspirations. When it means ambitions, the plural takes to or of: aspirations to office, the aspirations of a generation.
aspirations is a form of aspiration
aspiration, noun: An ardent wish or desire, especially for something elevated or spiritual. Full entry
- Forms
- aspirationaspirations plural
- Spelling
- aspiration → aspirations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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