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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aspirant, aspiring(a), wishfuladjective

    desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

Wikipedia

  1. aspiring

    Mount Aspiring / Tititea is New Zealand's 23rd-highest mountain. It is the country's highest outside the Aoraki / Mount Cook region.

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  1. aspiring

    Aspiring refers to an individual who has strong ambition or desire to achieve a particular goal or aim in the future. It describes someone who is aiming or seeking to attain something that they currently do not have, usually in terms of career, status, or skills.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aspiring

    of Aspire

  2. Aspiringadjective

    that aspires; as, an Aspiring mind

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  1. praising

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aspiring in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aspiring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of aspiring in a Sentence

  1. Dmitry Kokh Mittermeier:

    Martin Luther King did n’t start Martin Luther King famous speech by reminding us that we live in a nightmare – Martin Luther King told us what the dream is, you have to point out what it is that we’re aspiring to and show where the hope is.

  2. Ashti Hawrami:

    If you ask any Kurd, they will always tell you that their main dream is independence, but at the government level, the main policy focus has been economic independence. We are aspiring to solve our own problems and we have enough resources to do it.

  3. Hugh Jackman:

    I want to say how much I respect and applaud the people that have spoken up about their experience working with Scott Rudin. It takes an enormous amount of courage and strength to stand up and state your truth, this has started a conversation that is long overdue, not just on Broadway, and the entertainment industry, but across all workforce. The most important voice we needed to hear from was Scott Rudin. Scott Rudin has now spoken up and stepped away from Music Man. I hope and pray this is a journey of healing for all the victims and community. We are currently rebuilding The Music Man team and are aspiring to be an environment that is not only safe, but ensures everyone is seen, heard and valued. This is something that is and has always been very important to me.

  4. New York:

    And I know there's a lot of people who do not believe that. But I really -- I can't operate the way that I operate and do the things that I do in politics while trying to be aspiring to other things or calculating to other things.

  5. Freddie Mac:

    Mortgage rates continue to trend down entering the traditional spring homebuying season, unfortunately, those in the market to buy are facing a number of challenges, not the least of which is the low inventory of homes for sale, especially for aspiring first-time homebuyers.

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