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aims
(Intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
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wants
To wish for or to desire (something). [from 18th c.]
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thirsts
To feel a need to drink.
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soars
To rise or fly into the air:
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seeks
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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rises
To get up after sleeping or resting
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mounts
Mount is defined as to climb or get up on to something.
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longs
Over a great distance in space.
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hankers
To crave, long, or yearn
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desires
To want sexually
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ascends
To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.
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strives
The definition of strive is to try very hard or struggle.
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dreams
To have a dream of
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Words Related to Aspires

yearns
To yearn is defined as to want something strongly.
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try
To taste, sample, etc.
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starts
To set in motion.
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Aspires Sentence Examples

  • Having reached the ends of the earth and conquered all nations, he aspires to the dominion of the air.

  • He is the type of a distinct class of the Christian ministry - that class which aspires after scholarly training, prefers a broad to a sectarian theology, and adheres to rational methods of religious investigation and appeal.

  • In Greece itself the overlordship to which the Macedonian king aspires is imperfect in extent and only maintained to that extent by continual wars.

  • The lord of the earth, who contemplates the eternal order of the universe, and aspires to communion with its invisible Maker, is a being composed of the same materials, and framed on the same principles, as the creatures which he has tamed to be the servile instruments of his will, or slays for his daily food.

  • He was so simply and naturally humble--if he can be called humble who never aspires--that humility was no distinct quality in him, nor could he conceive of it.

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