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1. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
   "The aspiring actress worked as a waitress to pay her bills"
   - aspirant, wishful

1. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
   "The students in medical schools aspire to be doctors"
   - draw a bead on, aim, shoot for

See also: ambitious, aspirant, aspiration, aspirational

Type of: be after, plan

Encyclopedia: Aspire