Meaning of Aspiration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
   countable, uncountable
2. The action of aspirating.
   countable, uncountable
3. A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
   countable, uncountable
4. The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
   countable, uncountable
5. The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
   French, countable, uncountable
6. The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.”

“Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.”

“TfL retains aspirations to further increase frequency on the ELL [East London Line] to 24tph, which would require a switch from conventional signalling to a digital railway solution involving automatic train operation on the core section.”

“In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.”

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