{
    "term": "aspiration",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a strong desire to have or do something",
            "sensetop": "aspiration to do somethingaspiration for something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't realize you had political aspirations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.",
                    "contextForm": "aspiration to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What changes are needed to meet women's aspirations for employment?",
                    "contextForm": "aspiration for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She talked about her hopes and aspirations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a political party that fulfils the aspirations of the British people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an aspiration for personal power"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's aspirations to independence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "aspirations towards starting his own business"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "lofty", "human"],
                "verb + aspiration": ["have", "achieve", "fulfil/​fulfill"],
                "preposition": [
                    "aspiration for",
                    "aspiration to",
                    "aspiration towards/​toward"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "dreams and aspirations",
                    "goals and aspirations",
                    "hopes and aspirations"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the action of pronouncing a word with a breath that can be heard, as in the /h/ sound in house in English",
            "labels": "(phonetics)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "as/aspiration/aspiration__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "as/aspiration/aspiration__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin aspiratio(n-), from the verb aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}