Reverse Dictionary: ASPIRE

NOUNS
1456 ► PRETENSION an intention; an aim or aspiration → obs.

VERBS
1483 ► AFFECT to aspire to; to aim at, to make for; to seek to obtain or attain → obs.
1560 ► AFFECTATE to aspire to do → obs.
20C.. ► AIM FOR THE SKY to aspire to something; to set one’s goals high → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► REACH FOR THE SKY to aspire to something; to set one’s goals high → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► SHOOT FOR THE SKY to aspire to something; to set one’s goals high → Amer. sl.