how to pronounce aspirational

/ˌæs.pɪˈɹɛɪ.ʃən.əl/

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aspirational is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of aspirational in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… show and it's very aspirational and it's …”

meanings of aspirational

adjective:

Being ambitious.
Desiring success.
Expressing a hope or intention but not creating a legally binding obligation.

noun:

A person with aspirations.

aspirational frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aspirational occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics aspirational can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that aspirational can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;