Ambition

Quick meaning: Ambition is a noun meaning (countable) An object of an ardent desire.

Meaning

(countable) An object of an ardent desire.

More Meanings

1. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
2. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
3. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
4. (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
5. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

Example Sentences

My ambition is to own a helicopter.

I on th' other ſide / Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds, […]

My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.

Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.

Word Forms

• ambitions
• ambitioning
• ambitioned

Synonyms for ambition

Depending on context, synonyms include aspiration, dream, ambitiousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aspiration, ambitiousness, dream, ambitious, drive, desire.

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