would-be

(wʊd'bē')
adj.
Desiring, attempting, or professing to be: "Would-be home buyers will have a somewhat easier time getting loans" (Wall Street Journal).

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: seeking advancement or recognition
  Synonyms: aspirant, aspiring, wishful

Meaning #2: unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
  Synonym: manque

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som giver sig ud for at være, som ønsker at være
n. - aspirant

Nederlands (Dutch)
pretenderend, zou willen zijn

Français (French)
adj. - en puissance, prétendu, soi-disant
n. - en puissance

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Möchtegern..., angeblich
n. - Gernegroß, Möchtegern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίδοξος, υποψήφιος, δήθεν

Italiano (Italian)
sedicente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pretenso

Русский (Russian)
претендующий (на что-л.), мечтающий (о чем-л.), с претензией, притворный, потенциальный, будущий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - aspirante a, supuesto, pretendido
n. - aspirante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förment, tilltänkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
想要成为的, 自充的, 自称自许的, 想要成为...人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 想要成為的, 自充的, 自稱自許的
n. - 想要成為...人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - ~이 되려고 하는, ~이라고 자인하는
n. - 특별한 무엇이 되고 싶어하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - …志望の, 自称…

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) راغب في أن يكون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתכוון להיות, עתיד להיות, שואף להיות, מתיימר‬
n. - ‮אדם השואף או מתיימר להיות מישהו‬

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