noun aspiration.
2. aspire ·vt to aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
3. aspire ·vt to rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
4. aspire ·vt to desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long;
followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.