ambition
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2.8
- noun
- /æmˈbɪʃən/
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ambición
- He pursued his ambition to climb Mount Everest with unwavering determination.
- personal ambition
- realize an ambition
- political ambition
That is your version of ambition being frozen desire.
- That is your version of ambition being frozen desire.
- Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
- What is the the ambition for the museum?
- Or you've lost your ambition, which is OK.
- The other way is through ambition and being competitive.
- Can you have ambition for things and success and money?
- I just had this kind of ruthless ambition to compete.
- Well, what if your ambition is thwarted by death or failure?
- And, you know, his great ambition is to be a famous writer.
- What are your thoughts on ambition and contentment?
- In fact, these ambitions, they predate Vladimir Putin himself.
- Do you view those as fake ambitions in from confused people?
- How to go chase their career and ambition, but also be nice.
Examples
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And, you know, his great ambition is to be a famous writer.
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Your father had a lot of hope and ambition for you, Kashyap.
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How do you balance that with success, with ambition, with drive?
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Can you have ambition for things and success and money?
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What, what would be his greatest ambition in life?
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Cross, I appreciate your ambition, I really do.
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So we all have our ambitions here, folks, right?
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Your own ambition has not gone unnoticed.
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You have to admire Rodger's ambition.
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It's my life's ambition to join the Knights of Camelot.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hope or plan you strongly want to happen
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1.0
A result a person or group plans to achieve
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1.6
A strong wish to have or experience something
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3.7
A goal a person or group wants to achieve
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1.6
A goal a person or group tries to reach
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2.7
A reason or desire that makes someone want to do something
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1.0
A goal someone wants to reach
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3.4
A strong desire or energy to do something
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4.2
A strong wish to reach an important goal
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Compounds
How Ambitious
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Morphology
Etymology
Ambition comes from the Latin ambitio, from ambire, which means 'to go around', with ambi- 'around' and ire 'to go'. Long ago, people would 'go around' asking for votes or support, so ambition came to mean a strong wish to get power or achieve a goal.