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{
"term": "aspiration",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a strong desire to have or do something",
"sensetop": "aspiration to do somethingaspiration for something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't realize you had political aspirations."
},
{
"text": "He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.",
"contextForm": "aspiration to do something"
},
{
"text": "What changes are needed to meet women's aspirations for employment?",
"contextForm": "aspiration for something"
},
{
"text": "She talked about her hopes and aspirations."
},
{
"text": "a political party that fulfils the aspirations of the British people"
},
{
"text": "an aspiration for personal power"
},
{
"text": "the country's aspirations to independence"
},
{
"text": "aspirations towards starting his own business"
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "lofty", "human"],
"verb + aspiration": ["have", "achieve", "fulfil/fulfill"],
"preposition": [
"aspiration for",
"aspiration to",
"aspiration towards/toward"
],
"phrases": [
"dreams and aspirations",
"goals and aspirations",
"hopes and aspirations"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the action of pronouncing a word with a breath that can be heard, as in the /h/ sound in house in English",
"labels": "(phonetics)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/",
"audio": "as/aspiration/aspiration__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/",
"audio": "as/aspiration/aspiration__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin aspiratio(n-), from the verb aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}