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ambition (noun)

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  • ambition — ► NOUN 1) a strong desire to do or achieve something. 2) desire for success, wealth, or fame. ORIGIN Latin, from ambire go around (canvassing for votes) …   English terms dictionary

  • ambition — noun 1 strong desire to be successful ADJECTIVE ▪ driving (esp. BrE), great, naked ▪ She s a woman of driving ambition. ▪ personal VERB + AMBITION …   Collocations dictionary

  • ambition — UK US /æmˈbɪʃən/ noun ► [C] a strong wish to achieve a particular thing: ambition to do sth »After his heart attack, he abandoned his ambition to become CEO. achieve/fulfil/realize your ambition »He has already achieved his main ambition in life… …   Financial and business terms

  • ambition — (n.) mid 14c., from M.Fr. ambition or directly from L. ambitionem (nom. ambitio) a going around, especially to solicit votes, hence a striving for favor, courting, flattery; a desire for honor, thirst for popularity, noun of action from pp. stem… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ambition — noun 1 (U) determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc: Your problem is you have no ambition. 2 (C) a strong desire to achieve something: My ambition is to become a pilot …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ambition — noun 1) young people with ambition Syn: drive, determination, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, resolve, enthusiasm, zeal, hunger, commitment, a sense of purpose; informal get up and go 2) her ambition was to become a diplomat …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ambition — noun 1) young people with ambition Syn: drive, determination, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, a sense of purpose; informal get up and go 2) her ambition was to become a model Syn: aspiration, desire …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • ambition — noun /æmˈbɪ.ʃən/ a) An eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish ones self from other people. b) A desire, as in (1), for… …   Wiktionary

  • ambition — noun a strong desire to do or achieve something. ↘desire and determination to achieve success. Origin ME: via OFr. from L. ambitio(n ), from ambire go around (canvassing for votes) …   English new terms dictionary

  • ambition — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin ambition , ambitio, literally, act of soliciting for votes, from ambire Date: 14th century 1. a. an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power b. desire to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ambition */*/ — UK [æmˈbɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms ambition : singular ambition plural ambitions 1) [countable] something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve I had no idea about Jesse s political ambitions. His… …   English dictionary

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