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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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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: 1. a strong wish to achieve something: 2. a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc…. Learn more.
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."
noun. 1. 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. 3.
AMBITION definition: 1. something you want to achieve in your life: 2. a strong feeling that you want to be successful…. Learn more.
1. a. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. b. The object or goal desired: Her ambition is the presidency. 2. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.
Definition of ambition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ambition. noun. /æmˈbɪʃn/. /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.
Ambition Definition. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. A strong desire to gain a particular objective; specif., the drive to succeed, or to gain fame, power, wealth, etc. The object or goal desired. Her ambition is the presidency. The objective strongly desired.
