Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to aspire
Participle: aspired
Gerund: aspiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | aspire |
| you | aspire |
| he;she;it | aspires |
| we | aspire |
| you | aspire |
| they | aspire |
Perfect
| I | have aspired |
| you | have aspired |
| he;she;it | has aspired |
| we | have aspired |
| you | have aspired |
| they | have aspired |
Past
| I | aspired |
| you | aspired |
| he;she;it | aspired |
| we | aspired |
| you | aspired |
| they | aspired |
Pluperfect
| I | had aspired |
| you | had aspired |
| he;she;it | had aspired |
| we | had aspired |
| you | had aspired |
| they | had aspired |
Future
| I | will aspire |
| you | will aspire |
| he;she;it | will aspire |
| we | will aspire |
| you | will aspire |
| they | will aspire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have aspired |
| you | will have aspired |
| he;she;it | will have aspired |
| we | will have aspired |
| you | will have aspired |
| they | will have aspired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | aspire |
| you | aspire |
| he;she;it | aspire |
| we | aspire |
| you | aspire |
| they | aspire |
Perfect
| I | have aspired |
| you | have aspired |
| he;she;it | have aspired |
| we | have aspired |
| you | have aspired |
| they | have aspired |
Imperfect
| I | aspired |
| you | aspired |
| he;she;it | aspired |
| we | aspired |
| you | aspired |
| they | aspired |
Pluperfect
| I | had aspired |
| you | had aspired |
| he;she;it | had aspired |
| we | had aspired |
| you | had aspired |
| they | had aspired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would aspire |
| you | would aspire |
| he;she;it | would aspire |
| we | would aspire |
| you | would aspire |
| they | would aspire |
Perfect
| I | would have aspired |
| you | would have aspired |
| he;she;it | would have aspired |
| we | would have aspired |
| you | would have aspired |
| they | would have aspired |
Imperative
| you | aspire |
| we | Let's aspire |
| you | aspire |
Verbs conjugated like 'aspire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'aspire'
spire,
admire,
asperge,
asperne,
asperse,
aspirate,
asport,
assize,
assure,
astore,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1460, from O.Fr.
aspirer "aspire to, inspire," from L.
aspirare "to breathe upon," also "to seek to reach," from
ad- "to" +
spirare "to breathe" (see spirit).
Aspiration, in the sense of "earnest desire for something above one" first recorded 1606. The notion is of "panting with desire," or perhaps of rising smoke.
2. From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”). See: Latin '
aspīrō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions; for it is only on taking a bird’s-eye view of it from the top of the Capitol, that one can at all comprehend the vast designs of its projector, an aspiring Frenchman. Spacious avenues, that begin in nothing, and lead nowhere; streets, mile-long, that only want houses, roads and inhabitants; public buildings that need but a public to be complete; and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] as they, be left to battle out their selfish views unchecked. And thus this lowest of all scrambling fights goes on, and they who in other countries would, from their intelligence and station, most aspire to make the laws, do here recoil the farthest from that degradation.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of society, both in Europe and America, is made up of various things which will not stand the scrutiny of any very ideal standard of morality. It's pretty generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world. Now, when any one speaks up, like a man, and says slavery is necessary to us, we can't get along without it, we [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But he has no money to pay the rent dues ! An aspiring actor who lives abroad gifted it to me
(Nunakuzhi)