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Noun aspiration has 4 senses
- aspiration - a will to succeed
--1 is a kind of ambition, ambitiousness
- ambition, aspiration, dream - a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
--2 is a kind of desire
--2 has particulars: American Dream; emulation; nationalism
- aspiration - a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
--3 is a kind of articulation
- inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in - the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
--4 is a kind of breath
--4 is a part of breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
--4 has particulars: gasp, pant; puff, drag, pull
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