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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Aspiration. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: aspiration(noun) a will to succeed. ambition, aspiration, dream(noun) a cherished desire. his ambition is to own his own business.
1. a strong desire, longing, or hope; ambition. 2. a goal or objective desired: The presidency had been his aspiration since college. 3. an act of aspirating, esp. inhalation. 4. a. the articulation of a speech sound accompanied by an audible puff of breath. b. the use of an aspirate in pronunciation. 5. a. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe. b. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.