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Significats de wishful en anglès

Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.

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Having or expressing desire for something.

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Examples for "aspiring"
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Her advice for all aspiring business leaders: Work smarter instead of harder.
BBC
2
The center trains current and aspiring local guides in mountaineering safety practices.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
Selznick received thousands of letters from those aspiring to play the role.
Reuters
4
He said the defender was a role model for all aspiring footballers.
The Guardian
5
It was a really nice house for an aspiring actor and a...what?
L.a. candy
1
The aspirant attained only the exoteric knowledge in the first two Degrees.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
2
The social aspirant should cultivate the art of saying polite nothings acceptably.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
3
Today, a solid tech foundation is an expectation for any presidential aspirant.
Wired
4
What would your advice be to any aspirant singer in South Africa?
The South African
5
These are words which should inspire every new aspirant to the laurel.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
Ús de wishful en anglès
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However, I fear this might simply be a case of wishful thinking.
The Guardian
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Of course its answer is simplistically correct, but unfortunately is wishful thinking.
The Irish Times
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Either that, or a dangerous case of British hubris and wishful thinking.
Reuters
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Although that may be wishful thinking, a few factors support the idea.
Reuters
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It wasn't wishful thinking, or magic, but a simple law of nature.
Second glance
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I agreed with him for a short time-butit was wishful thinking.
Quicksilver
7
It required no wishful thinking to detect a shocked response in Cardale.
Long time coming: a novel
8
It just is, and no amount of wishful thinking can change that.
The Guardian
9
Kennedy wondered how much of her assessment was formed by wishful thinking.
Act of treason
10
Hazel was in the grip of utter forlornness, moody, wishful to cry.
North of Fifty-Three
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She waited for another touch, but perhaps it had been wishful thinking.
The chamber of ten
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They didn't seem to develop ideas so much as entire wishful philosophies.
The evolutionary void
13
I'm burying the wishful part of me, the prey part of me.
Austenland
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The men sat awed, each man wishful to creep behind his neighbour.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
15
The wishful childlike tone made him press his lips together in regret.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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Or maybe that was just wishful thinking, because she shook her head.
Love- from his point of view!
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