Synonyms for aspire
əˈspaɪəras·pire

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1. draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot forverb

   have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

   Synonyms:
   aim, shoot for, drive, purport, place, draw a bead on, take aim, propose, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, point, purpose

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1. aspireverb

   Synonyms:
   desire (earnestly), long

2. aspireverb

   Synonyms:
   ascend, rise, soar, tower, mount

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1. List of paraphrases for "aspire":

   aspirate, strive

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1. ASPIRE

   Synonyms:
   Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events

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1. Gabriele Gravina:

   We must improve the conditions of the stadiums because if we do not start an investment path in infrastructure we will never be able to aspire to organise such a great event, we must do things quickly. For me, we cannot go into a bid thinking that ‘we have the stadiums, but if you give me the event, I will then improve them’. That’s not how it works.

2. Cicero:

   If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.

3. Nishant Mehta:

   The mission will provide inspiration, they'll aspire future ideas for planetary exploration and certainly push our boundaries even further.

4. Marquis de Sade:

   The pleasure of the senses is always regulated in accordance with the imagination. Man can aspire to felicity only by serving all the whims of his imagination.

5. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn:

   One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.