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Noun aspiration has 4 senses
aspiration - a will to succeed--1 is a kind of ambition, ambitiousness
 
ambition, aspiration, dream - a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"--2 is a kind of desire
 --2 has particulars: American Dream; emulation; nationalism
 
aspiration - a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath--3 is a kind of articulation
 
inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in - the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing--4 is a kind of breath
 --4 is a part of breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
 --4 has particulars: gasp, pant; puff, drag, pull
 
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