Aspiration

//ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "aspiration" (259 found)

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Noun(2 words)
ambitionbreathing in

Strong matches (78)

Related words (129)

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Noun(1 words)
vision

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related to

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Translations

84 translations across 34 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • أَمَل noun (hope or ambition)
  • رَشْف noun (action of aspirating)
  • زَفْر noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ձգտում noun (hope or ambition)

Assamese

1 entries
  • উশাহ noun (action of aspirating)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তামান্না noun (hope or ambition)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • амбиция noun (hope or ambition)
  • придиха́ние noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • стремеж noun (hope or ambition)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aspiració noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiració noun (action of aspirating)
  • aspiració noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئاوات noun (hope or ambition)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 希望 noun (hope or ambition)
  • 送氣 /送气 noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Finnish

2 entries
  • aspiraatio noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • pyrkimys noun (hope or ambition)

French

3 entries
  • aspiration noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiration noun (action of aspirating)
  • aspiration noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მისწრაფება noun (hope or ambition)
  • სწრაფვა noun (hope or ambition)

German

4 entries
  • Aspiration noun (hope or ambition)
  • Aspiration noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • Behauchung noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • Sehnsucht noun (hope or ambition)

Greek

2 entries
  • ιδανικό noun (hope or ambition)
  • φιλοδοξία noun (hope or ambition)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • áblásning noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Irish

4 entries
  • análú noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • ardaidhm noun (hope or ambition)
  • ardmhian noun (hope or ambition)
  • asú noun (medicine: withdrawal of fluid)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 吸引 noun (action of aspirating)
  • 希望 noun (hope or ambition)
  • 気音 noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Korean

3 entries
  • 열망 noun (hope or ambition)
  • 염원 noun (hope or ambition)
  • 포부 noun (hope or ambition)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അഭിലാഷം noun (hope or ambition)

Māori

4 entries
  • awata noun (hope or ambition)
  • koronga noun (hope or ambition)
  • maingo noun (hope or ambition)
  • matanā noun (hope or ambition)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • aspirering noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Persian

1 entries
  • دمش noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Väanämungsjeist noun (hope or ambition)

Polish

4 entries
  • ambicja noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiracja noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiracja noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • przydech noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • aspiração noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiração noun (action of aspirating)
  • aspiração noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Romanian

3 entries
  • aspirare noun (action of aspirating)
  • aspirație noun (action of aspirating)
  • inspirație noun (action of aspirating)

Russian

4 entries
  • амби́ция noun (hope or ambition)
  • аспира́ция noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • наде́жда noun (hope or ambition)
  • придыха́ние noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dèidh noun (hope or ambition)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • aspiracija noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiracija noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • aspiriranje noun (action of aspirating)
  • težnja noun (hope or ambition)

Slovak

4 entries
  • aspirácia noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • ašpirácia noun (hope or ambition)
  • nasatie noun (action of aspirating)
  • vdýchnutie noun (action of aspirating)

Spanish

2 entries
  • aspiración noun (hope or ambition)
  • aspiración noun (action of aspirating)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • аспіра́ція noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)
  • при́дих noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ہکاریت noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llaes noun (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שטרעבן noun (hope or ambition)

Sample sentences

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Young people underestimate the huge aspiration that the learning of a foreign language demands and they begin to learn multiple at the same time, distributing their effort, which quickly leads to a lack of motivation when they take note of their poor results.

Source: tatoeba (5172733)

Disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.

Source: tatoeba (5415853)

He studied day and night in aspiration to possibly become a lawyer.

Source: tatoeba (5675594)

That seems to me a rather pathetic aspiration.

Source: tatoeba (8657121)

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