All 3 Uses
aspiration
in
Howards End
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- Germany a commercial Power, Germany a naval Power, Germany with colonies here and a Forward Policy there, and legitimate aspirations in the other place, might appeal to others, and be fitly served by them; for his own part, he abstained from the fruits of victory, and naturalised himself in England.†
Part 4aspirations = desires
- Oh, it was no good, this continual aspiration.†
Part 6 *aspiration = desire
- She knew this type very well—the vague aspirations, the mental dishonesty, the familiarity with the outsides of books.†
Part 14aspirations = desires
Definitions:
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(1)
(aspiration) a desire to achieve something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)