Aspiring
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Animated with an ardent desire, as of power, importance, or excellence; ambitious; soaring: as, “
aspiring
nobles,”
Macaulay
, Hist. Eng., i.
Rising; towering or soaring.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
That aspires.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
hoping to become
verb.
Present participle of
aspire
.
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adjective.
desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
Word Usage
"Def Jam was the label aspiring rappers grew up listening to, and Simmons was the original hip-hop entrepreneur, its Henry Ford."