/ ˌæspəˈreɪʃn; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C , usually pl. , U ] aspiration (for sth) | aspiration (to do sth) a strong desire to have or do sth :
I didn't realize you had political aspirations.
He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.
2.
[ U ] ( phonetics ) the action of pronouncing a word with an /h/ sound, as in house
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin aspiratio(n-) , from the verb aspirare , from ad- to + spirare breathe.