vaulting ambition

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• ambition — ambition, aspiration, pretension mean strong desire for advancement. Ambition has personal advancement or preferment as its end; it may be praiseworthy but is sometimes inordinate {ambition for fame} {ambition to hold office} {Iambition to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• vaulting — vaulting1 [vôl′tiŋ] n. 1. the building of a vault or vaults 2. the arched work forming a vault 3. a vault or vaults vaulting2 [vôl′tiŋ] adj. 1. leaping or leaping over 2. overreaching; unduly confident …   English World dictionary

• vaulting — vaulting1 /vawl ting/, n. 1. the act or process of constructing vaults. 2. the structure forming a vault. 3. a vault, vaulted ceiling, etc., or such structures collectively. [1505 15; VAULT1 + ING1] vaulting2 /vawl ting/, adj. 1. leaping up or… …   Universalium

• vaulting — vault|ing1 [ˈvo:ltıŋ US ˈvo:l ] n [U] ↑arches in a roof or ceiling ▪ Gothic vaulting vaulting 2 vaulting2 adj vaulting ambition literary the desire to achieve as much as possible ▪ a man of vaulting ambition with the talents to match …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vaulting — I. noun Date: 1512 vaulted construction II. adjective Date: 1593 1. reaching or stretching for the heights < vaulting ambition > < a vaulting imagination > 2. designed for use in vaulting or in gymnastic exercises < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vaulting — vault|ing1 [ vɔltıŋ ] noun uncount the curved structures in a vaulted ceiling vaulting vault|ing 2 [ vɔltıŋ ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY very determined: a vaulting ambition …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• vaulting — I vault•ing [[t]ˈvɔl tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of constructing vaults 2) archit. the structure forming a vault 3) archit. such structures collectively • Etymology: 1505–15 II vault•ing [[t]ˈvɔl tɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) leaping up or over 2) used in vaulting …   From formal English to slang

• ambition — Synonyms and related words: aim, ambitiousness, animus, anxiety, appetite, aspiration, avidity, basis, calling, careerism, catch, cause, climbing, consideration, counsel, craving, dearest wish, desideration, desideratum, design, desire,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• vaulting — 1 noun (U) arches in a roof 2 adjective vaulting ambition literary the desire to achieve as much as possible …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• vaulting — I UK [ˈvɔːltɪŋ] / US [ˈvɔltɪŋ] adjective mainly literary very determined a vaulting ambition II UK [ˈvɔːltɪŋ] / US [ˈvɔltɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the curved structures in a vaulted ceiling …   English dictionary

• desire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craving Nouns 1. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need (see necessity). 2. desirability, appeal, magnetism, attraction. 3. inclination, mind, devices, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection;… …   English dictionary for students