aspire
v.v. to have a strong hope or goal to achieve something great. You use this when you want to reach a higher position or become a better person.
v. to direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving a specific goal, typically one of high value or status. Intransitive — requires a prepositional phrase to indicate the target of the ambition.
Many young athletes aspire to win an Olympic medal.
She did not just want a job in the city; she aspired to lead the entire marketing department one day.
While many writers aspire to literary fame, few are willing to endure the years of quiet rejection and rigorous revision required to produce a truly enduring masterpiece.
From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).
The verb is intransitive and almost always takes the preposition 'to' followed by an infinitive or a noun phrase.
he aspires winning the prizehe aspires to win the prizeAspire is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; it must be followed by 'to' and an infinitive.