"aspiration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-aspiration.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aspiration.wav Forms: aspirations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From aspire + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aspire|ation}} aspire + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
  1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hope or ambition): أَمَل (ʔamal) [masculine] (Arabic), ձգտում (jgtum) (Armenian), তামান্না (tamanna) (Bengali), стремеж (stremež) (Bulgarian), амбиция (ambicija) (Bulgarian), aspiració [feminine] (Catalan), ئاوات (awat) (Central Kurdish), 希望 (xīwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), pyrkimys (Finnish), aspiration (French), სწრაფვა (sc̣rapva) (Georgian), მისწრაფება (misc̣rapeba) (Georgian), Verlangen [neuter] (German), Sehnsucht [feminine] (German), Aspiration [feminine] (German), φιλοδοξία (filodoxía) [feminine] (Greek), ιδανικό (idanikó) [neuter] (Greek), ardaidhm [feminine] (Irish), ardmhian [feminine] (Irish), barrmhian [feminine] (Irish), 希望 (kibō) (alt: きぼう) (Japanese), 열망 (yeolmang) (Korean), 염원 (yeomwon) (Korean), 포부 (pobu) (Korean), അഭിലാഷം (abhilāṣaṁ) (Malayalam), matanā (Maori), tāpara (Maori), tūmanakotanga (Maori), matawara (Maori), koronga (Maori), awata (Maori), maingo (Maori), pīrangi (Maori), Väanämungsjeist [masculine] (Plautdietsch), ambicja [feminine] (Polish), aspiracja [feminine] (Polish), aspiração [feminine] (Portuguese), стремле́ние (stremlénije) [neuter] (Russian), наде́жда (nadéžda) [feminine] (Russian), амби́ция (ambícija) [feminine] (Russian), dèidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), težnja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aspiracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ašpirácia (Slovak), aspiración [feminine] (Spanish), שטרעבן (shtrebn) [masculine] (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aspirational
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: aspirations [plural]
Etymology: From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aspirate|ion}} aspirate + -ion, {{bor|en|la|aspiratio|aspiratio, aspirationem}} Latin aspiratio, aspirationem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
  1. The action of aspirating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of aspirating): رَشْف (rašf) (Arabic), উশাহ (uxah) (Assamese), aspiració [feminine] (Catalan), aspiration (French), 吸引 (kyūin) (Japanese), aspiração [feminine] (Portuguese), aspirație (Romanian), aspirare (Romanian), inspirație (Romanian), aspiriranje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vdýchnutie (Slovak), nasatie (Slovak), aspiración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-aspiration-en-noun-6QIzESbl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 30 18 14 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 21 33 14 15 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 35 15 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 38 16 12 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 38 18 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 15 30 15 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 18 34 14 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 35 14 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 34 14 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 35 14 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 38 12 22 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 18 34 14 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 46 14 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 33 14 20 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 46 13 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 32 14 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 18 35 14 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 18 35 14 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 34 14 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 32 13 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 35 14 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 46 13 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 35 14 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 18 35 14 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 46 13 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 34 14 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 17 44 13 12 14 Disambiguation of 'action of aspirating': 92 3 2 3
  2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants): زَفْر (zafr) [masculine] (Arabic), придиха́ние (pridihánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aspiració [feminine] (Catalan), 送氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 送气 (sòngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), aspiraatio (Finnish), aspiration (French), Behauchung [feminine] (German), Aspiration [feminine] (German), áblásning [feminine] (Icelandic), análú [masculine] (Irish), 気音 (kion) (alt: きおん) (Japanese), aspirering (Norwegian), دمش (dameš) [singular] (Persian), aspiracja [feminine] (Polish), przydech [masculine] (Polish), aspiração [feminine] (Portuguese), придыха́ние (pridyxánije) [neuter] (Russian), аспира́ция (aspirácija) [feminine] (Russian), aspiracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aspirácia (Slovak), аспіра́ція (aspirácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), при́дих (prýdyx) [masculine] (Ukrainian), llaes (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-aspiration-en-noun-3TwwSift Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'burst of air that follows the release of some consonants': 2 96 1 1
  3. (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin. Tags: French, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-aspiration-en-noun-y9Wa9EIW Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 22 7 56 7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-aspiration-en-noun-I~9V2iqR Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aspirational, preaspiration
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        {
          "word": "fine-needle aspiration"
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        {
          "word": "joint aspiration"
        },
        {
          "word": "lipoaspiration"
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        {
          "word": "microaspiration"
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        {
          "word": "needle aspiration biopsy"
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        {
          "word": "thrombaspiration"
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīwàng",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "希望"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "pyrkimys"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "სწრაფვა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Sehnsucht"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "filodoxía",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "φιλοδοξία"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "idanikó",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ardmhian"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "きぼう",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kibō",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "希望"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "열망"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeomwon",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "염원"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pobu",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "포부"
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "word": "ئاوات"
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          "code": "ml",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "അഭിലാഷം"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "matanā"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "tāpara"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "awata"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "maingo"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "word": "pīrangi"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aspiracija"
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
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          "sense": "hope or ambition",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שטרעבן"
        }
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      "roman": "ʔamal",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "word": "ձգտում"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tamanna",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "তামান্না"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "stremež",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "стремеж"
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      "roman": "ambicija",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "амбиция"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "xīwàng",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "希望"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "pyrkimys"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "aspiration"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sc̣rapva",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "სწრაფვა"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "misc̣rapeba",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "მისწრაფება"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verlangen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sehnsucht"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aspiration"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "filodoxía",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φιλοδοξία"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "idanikó",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ardaidhm"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardmhian"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "barrmhian"
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      "alt": "きぼう",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "希望"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeolmang",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "열망"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeomwon",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "염원"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pobu",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "포부"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "awat",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "ئاوات"
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      "roman": "abhilāṣaṁ",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "അഭിലാഷം"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "matanā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "tāpara"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "tūmanakotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "matawara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "koronga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "awata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "maingo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "word": "pīrangi"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Väanämungsjeist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambicja"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nadéžda",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наде́жда"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dèidh"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hope or ambition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "težnja"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
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      "word": "שטרעבן"
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      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "উশাহ"
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      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "aspiration"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "吸引"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aspiração"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "aspirație"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "aspirare"
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      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "inspirație"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aspiriranje"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "vdýchnutie"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "word": "nasatie"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of aspirating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aspiración"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zafr",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "roman": "pridihánie",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aspiració"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "word": "送氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sòngqì",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "word": "送气"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Behauchung"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
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      "word": "aspirering"
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "دمش"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aspiracja"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "przydech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aspiração"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridyxánije",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "aspirácija",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аспира́ция"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aspiracija"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "аспіра́ція"
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      "roman": "prýdyx",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
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      ],
      "word": "при́дих"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "burst of air that follows the release of some consonants",
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