aspiration

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Synonyms: asperation, spiration, admiration, inspiration, aspirations, expiration, apparation, respiration, suspiration, asportation, appilation

Antonyms: asperation, spiration, admiration, inspiration, aspirations, expiration, apparation, respiration, suspiration, asportation, appilation

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Noun

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).
   • Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.
   • Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Noun

1. The action of aspirating.
2. A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
   • In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
3. The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
4. The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
5. The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.

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