aspiration
/ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
A strong hope or longing to achieve something, especially a lofty goal.
Example sentences
- “Her aspiration is to open her own bakery someday.”
- “Moving to the city fed her aspiration to become a fashion designer.”
Usually plural: career aspirations, aspirations of becoming a doctor. Medicine and phonetics use the same word for unrelated concepts.