{
    "term": "aspire",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "aspire",
            "heSheIt": "aspires"
        },
        "pastSimple": "aspired",
        "pastParticiple": "aspired",
        "ingForm": "aspiring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a strong desire to achieve or to become something",
            "sensetop": "aspire (to something)aspire to be/do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She aspired to a scientific career.",
                    "contextForm": "aspire (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He aspired to be their next leader.",
                    "contextForm": "aspire to be/do something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspire__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪəz/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspires__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪəd/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspired__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspiring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪər/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspire__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪərz/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspires__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪərd/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspired__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/aspire/aspiring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French aspirer or Latin aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}