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adjective
- 1. directing one's hopes or ambitions towards becoming a specified type of person: "an aspiring artist"
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ASPIRING definition: 1. someone who is trying to become a successful actor, politician, writer, etc. 2. someone who is…. Learn more.
: desiring and working to achieve a particular goal : having aspirations to attain a specified profession, position, etc. an aspiring actor [=a person who aspires to be and is trying to become an actor] an aspiring novelist. Synonyms. ambitious. go-getting. hard-driving. pushing. self-seeking. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
ASPIRE definition: to want something very much or hope to achieve something or be successful: . Learn more.
Definition of aspiring adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Aspiring definition: eagerly or ambitiously aiming for a particular career, title, social status, etc.. See examples of ASPIRING used in a sentence.
The adjective aspiring describes a person who wants to succeed at a particular goal, often one related to a career. Many aspiring artists move to New York City in the hopes that they'll get into a major gallery and sell their art.
If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it. Many aspiring young artists learn by copying the masters. American English : aspiring / əˈspaɪərɪŋ /
1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to be a poet. 2. To strive toward an end or condition: aspiring to great knowledge. 3. Archaic To rise high; move upwards. [Middle English aspiren, from aspirer, from Latin aspīrāre, to desire; see aspirate .] as·pir′er n. as·pir′ing·ly adv.
Synonyms for ASPIRING: ambitious, go-getting, eager, pushing, ardent, energetic, diligent, enterprising; Antonyms of ASPIRING: disinterested, indifferent, unambitious, uninterested, casual, apathetic, ambitionless, unenthusiastic.
Aspiring definition: Striving for or desirous of reaching some (usually lofty) goal.
