— aspirational , adj.
/as'peuh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
2. a goal or objective desired: The presidency is the traditional aspiration of young American boys.
3. act of aspirating; breath.
4. Phonet.
a. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when /hwen/ , or in the release of initial stops, as in the k -sound of key.
b. the use of an aspirate in pronunciation.
5. Med.
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.
[ 1375-1425; late ME ( aspiration- (s. of aspiratio ). See ASPIRATE, -ION ]
Syn. 1. yearning, craving.