All 4 Uses of
aspire
in
Do You Speak American?
- It's a matter of one aspiring to be a gentleman, for example, or a gentlewoman.†
Chpt 1 *aspiring = hoping to be successful
- And now one doesn't aspire to that anymore.†
Chpt 1aspire = hope to be successful
- There is great social mobility, Americans traditionally aspiring to move up the social ladder and adopting, or at least seeing their children adopt, whatever language norms the new level requires.†
Chpt 1aspiring = hoping to be successful
- My teacher was insensitive to my black English' is an alibi that black youngsters can use forever to 'explain' why they did not aspire to excellence, and thus never learned to read—or to prepare for a decent life.†
Chpt 6aspire = hope to be successful
Definition:
to hope to be successful -- especially in a career