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- Dictionaryam·bi·tion/amˈbiSHən/
noun
- 1. a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work: "her ambition was to become a pilot" Similar
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1. a. : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power. With her talent and fierce ambition, she became a very successful actress. b. : desire to achieve a particular end. 2. : the object of ambition. Her ambition is to start her own business. 3. US : a desire for activity or exertion. felt sick and had no ambition. ambitionless. am-ˈbi-shən-ləs.
a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.: She has a lot of ambition. More examplesFewer examples. Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession. We are looking for someone with drive and ambition. Driving ambition is what most great leaders have in common.
noun. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues. Synonyms: longing, yearning, aspiration.
Ambition is a strong desire to achieve. It's what Macbeth had too much of, and what slackers have too little of. If a person has ambition, the goal is usually wealth, power, or fame. This Middle English word is derived from Latin ambitiō, from ambīre "to go around or about."
noun. /æmˈbɪʃn/ [countable] something that you want to do or achieve very much. She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition. His burning ambition was to study medicine. political/artistic/career ambitions. At last he had realized his life's ambition. He had only one ambition in life. the country's nuclear ambitions (= plans to develop nuclear weapons)
an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment. Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues. 2. the object, state, or result desired or sought after. The crown was his ambition.
[uncountable] the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc. motivated by personal ambition She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition. See ambition in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: ambition. Definition of ambition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
AMBITION definition: 1. something you want to achieve in your life: 2. a strong feeling that you want to be successful…. Learn more.
AMBITION meaning: 1 : a particular goal or aim something that a person hopes to do or achieve; 2 : a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous.
ambitions. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. American Heritage. A strong desire to gain a particular objective; specif., the drive to succeed, or to gain fame, power, wealth, etc. Webster's New World. The object or goal desired. Her ambition is the presidency. American Heritage. The objective strongly desired.
