aspiration

Noun
  1. is a type of: ambition, ambitiousness - a strong drive for success
  2. is a type of: desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
    subtypes:
    • american dream - the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
    • emulation - ambition to equal or excel
    • nationalism - the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
    same as: ambition, dream
  3. is a type of: articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
  4. is a type of: breath - the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
    subtypes:
    • gasp, pant - a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
    • drag, puff, pull - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    is a part of: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
    same as: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake

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