aspire to sth
— phrasal verb with aspire uk/əˈspaɪər/us/əˈspaɪr/verb
C2 to have a strong wish or hope to do or have something:
Few people who aspire to fame ever achieve it.
[ + to infinitive ] As a child, he aspired to be a great writer.
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- She has the kind of lifestyle most of us aspire to.
- The majority of people don't aspire to greatness - they just want to be normal.
- From a young age, he aspired to be an Olympic medal winner.
- He quickly reached standards of musicianship that the rest of us can only aspire to.
- She's just a young soap opera actress but she aspires to great Hollywood roles.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting things
- ache for sth
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- angle
- angle for sth
- aspirant
- burn
- fancy
- finger
- hanker after/for sth
- have your eye on sth idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for sth
- hungry
- shook
- sight
- sth is calling you idiom
- straw
- tempt
- think big idiom
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