Meaning of ambition | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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
3. An object of an ardent desire.
   countable
4. An object of an ardent desire
5. He is very ambitious; That plan is too ambitious. ambisieus طَموح амбициозен ambicioso ambiciózní; náročný ehrgeizig ambitiøs φιλόδοξοςambicioso auahne بلندپرواز؛ مستلزم کوشش و تلاش بسیار kunnianhimoinen ambitieux שְׁאַפתָנִי महत्वाकांक्षी ambiciozan ambiciózus, nagyra törő ambisius metnaðargjarn ambizioso 野心的な 야심적인 siekiantis/trokštantis garbės/valdžios, ambicingas, pretenzingas godkārīgs tinggi ambitieusærgjerrig, ambisiøs, krevendeambitny لوړ پرواز، ډیر کوښښ او هلی ځلی کول ambicioso ambiţi...
6. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
   countable, uncountable
7. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things
8. ambisieus بِطُموح شَدِيد амбициозно ambiciosamente ctižádostivě; náročně ehrgeizig ambitiøst φιλόδοξα ambiciosamente, con ambición auahnelt جاه طلبانه؛ با بلند همتی kunnianhimoisesti ambitieusement מִתוֹך שְׁאַפתָנוּת महत्वाकांक्षा के साथ ambiciozno becsvágyóan, nagyratörően secara ambisius af metnaðargirni; af stórhuga, dirfskulega ambiziosamente 野心的に 야심차게 garbėtroškiškai godkārīgi dengan bersungguh eerzuchtigærgjerrig, ambisiøst ambitnie له لوړ همتی سره ambiciosamente ambiţios, cu ambiţie а...
9. A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
   uncountable
10. A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal
11. ambiseusheid طُموح желание ambição ctižádost; náročnost die Ehrgeizigkeit ærgærrighed; ambition φιλοδοξία, φιλόδοξες τάσεις ambición auahnus جاه طلبی؛ بلندهمتی kunnianhimo ambitionשאפתנות महत्वाकांक्षा ambicioznost becsvágy, nagyratörés ambisi metnaðargirnd ambizione 野心ある事 야심 (garbės) troškimas godkārība kesungguhan eerzuchtigheid ærgjerrighet, ambisjonambicja لوړ همتی ambição ambiţie амбициозность náročnosť ambicioznost ambicioznost ärelystnad, äregirighet ความทะเยอทะยาน heves, gayret, arzu ...
12. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing
13. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
14. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.
15. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.
16. strong desire for success, achievement, or distinction
17. something so desired; goal; aim
18. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as wealth or fame, and the willingness to strive for it.
19. the object or state desired or sought after: A theatrical career is her ambition.
20. a desire for work or activity: I awoke feeling tired and lacking in ambition.

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Examples

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

“The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]”

“One is aſtoniſhed hovv ſuch a ſmall ſpot could furniſh Men ſufficient to ſacrifice to the pitiful Ambition of poſſeſſing five or ſix thouſand more Acres, or tvvo or three more Villages: […]”

“My ambition is to own a helicopter.”

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

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