aspirational
pronunciation
How to pronounce aspirational in British English:
UK [ˌæspəˈreɪʃənl]
How to pronounce aspirational in American English:
US [ˌæspəˈreɪʃənl]
Word Origin
- aspirational (adj.)
- by 1985, from aspiration (n.1) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Pricing an aspirational drink is a delicate art .
- 2. As the middle classes in emerging markets grow , the argument goes , they want to buy international brands that they see as aspirational .
- 3. The use of cutlery by ordinary people wasn 't common in england until the 18th century , when cheaper methods of mass production began to make such aspirational objects more widely available .
- 4. John ermatinger , head of gap 's asia pacific business , told the financial times the stores would be stocked with a mix of product selected from its gap businesses in the us , europe and japan that would represent " aspirational product at accessible pricing " .