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Spell Bee Word: aspire


Basic Details

Word: Aspire

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To hope for something important and work hard to achieve it.

Synonyms: aim, hope, strive, wish

How to Spell Aspire

Syllables: as - pire

Tricky part: It has one s and one p, and it ends in ire, as in fire. Students sometimes double the s or write aspier.

Watch out for: asspire, aspier, aspyre

Memory tip: As + pire: the ending is the ire of fire and tire. A goal you aspire to burns in you like a fire.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Kavya aspires to become a marine biologist.

Example 2: Many young players aspire to play for India one day.

Example 3: We should aspire to be kind as well as clever.

Fun Fact

Aspire, inspire and expire all come from the Latin spirare, to breathe, as do spirit and respiration. To aspire was once to breathe towards something.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to aspires as used in the sentence:

Ravi aspires to win a gold medal at the national science olympiad next year.

a) forgets
b) aims
c) fears
d) refuses

Show answer

b) aims. To aspire to something is to aim for it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

asspire

a) i
b) s
c) p
d) e

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b) s. Aspire has a single s, followed straight away by p.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

After her first flight in a glider, Neha began to sipare to fly fighter jets.

a) despair
b) spider
c) praise
d) aspire

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d) aspire. Praise uses the same six letters, but only aspire fits began to ___ to fly fighter jets.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone who aspires to be a doctor ____.

a) is afraid of hospitals
b) dislikes doctors
c) hopes and works to become one
d) is already a doctor

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c) hopes and works to become one

2. Which noun goes with aspire?

a) spirit
b) aspiration
c) aspect
d) aspirin

Show answer

b) aspiration

Associated Words

evidentlynapoleonmasculineparamountidentity
programmeamicableattainmodifiercheerfully

Next steps

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