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- Dictionaryambition/amˈbɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a strong desire to do or achieve something: "her ambition was to become a pilot" Similar
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a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.: She has a lot of ambition. Fewer 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.
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.
Ambition definition: an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment. See examples of AMBITION used in a sentence.
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."
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.
a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.: She has a lot of ambition. Fewer 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. /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)
AMBITION definition: 1. something you want to achieve in your life: 2. a strong feeling that you want to be successful…. Learn more.
n. 1. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as wealth or fame, and the willingness to strive for it. 2. the object or state desired or sought after: A theatrical career is her ambition. 3. a desire for work or activity: I awoke feeling tired and lacking in ambition. v.t.
noun. 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.
