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You find a way to share responsibilities and free up time for a personal ambition.This is yet another example of political ambitions overcoming common sense.This could provide funds for each son and so fulfil one of his personal ambitions.When he came out of the army he directed his ambition towards two goals : politics and making money.A rare total eclipse of the moon will make your emotions a useful bit tougher and ambitions stronger.Either that or he should be left to fulfil his own ambition and run for president in 2020 in peace.Saturn, planet of serious intentions, gives you the focus to learn an extra skill that will help you fulfil an ambition.Limits are always limits to some project or desire or ambition.But you have to have ambitions and goals.You are close to success with the ambition that means the most to you.You know which personal ambition you should focus on and which you should put on hold.It was thereby hoped to reduce the political ambitions of the armed forces.This transformation is possible as long as we do not harbour ambitions to reform our partner.Will new ambitions change your world of love?Your intuition and ambition both get stronger.Yet already she has hinted that she might revive her presidential ambitions.Will ambition and success change your love future?Yet colleagues were impressed by his grasp of detail and seeming lack of personal ambition.Her success in finding a way out of the legal impasse will boost her wider political ambitions.Most writers harbour a modest ambition for their work to live on after their deaths.Inspiring more of you to come into the business world is an ambition of mine.The sun climbs to the top of your chart and ambitions get stronger.He insisted that the surgery had not been prompted by presidential ambitions.Pluto and the sun are working on your behalf so you are ready to fulfil your personal ambitions.You handle relationships well and can be a close couple but also encourage each other to fulfil personal ambitions.Do the very best drivers step over the line because they cannot see anything other than their own desires and ambitions?By that time, the papacy had established its territorial ambitions.They had desire and ambition, like it was the last chance of their lives.You stand out from the crowd, think fast and fulfil an ambition.

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ambition

British English: ambition /æmˈbɪʃən/ NOUN
If you have an ambition to achieve something, you want very much to achieve it.
His ambition is to sail round the world.
  • American English: ambition
  • Arabic: طُموح
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ambição
  • Chinese: 雄心
  • Croatian: ambicija
  • Czech: přání
  • Danish: ambition
  • Dutch: ambitie
  • European Spanish: ambición
  • Finnish: kunnianhimo
  • French: ambition
  • German: Ehrgeiz
  • Greek: φιλοδοξία
  • Italian: ambizione
  • Japanese: 野心
  • Korean: 야심
  • Norwegian: ærgjerrighet
  • Polish: ambicja
  • European Portuguese: ambição
  • Romanian: ambiție
  • Russian: цель
  • Latin American Spanish: ambición
  • Swedish: ambition
  • Thai: ความทะเยอทะยาน
  • Turkish: hırs
  • Ukrainian: мета
  • Vietnamese: tham vọng

All related terms of 'ambition'

Chinese translation of 'ambition'

ambition

(æmˈbɪʃən)

n

  1. (c)
    an ambition (to do sth) (做某事的)志向 ((zuò mǒushì de) zhìxiàng) (个(個), )
  2. (u) (= desire) 抱负(負) (bàofù)
    to achieve one's ambition 实(實)现(現)自己的抱负(負) (shíxiàn zìjǐ de bàofù)
(noun) 
Definition
something so desired
My ambition is to sail round the world.
Synonyms
goal
The goal is to raise as much money as possible.
end
another policy designed to achieve the same end
hope
Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit.
design
Is there some design in having him here?
dream
My dream is to have a house in the country.
target
school leavers who fail to reach their targets
aim
a research programme that has failed to achieve its aim
wish
Clearly she had no wish for his company.
purpose
They are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve their purpose.
desire
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
intention
She announced her intention of standing for parliament.
objective
His objective was to play golf and win.
intent
a statement of intent on arms control
aspiration
the needs and aspirations of our pupils
Holy Grail (informal)
(noun) 
Definition
strong desire for success
a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness
Synonyms
enterprise
His trouble is that he lacks enterprise.
longing
He felt a longing for the familiar.
drive
He is best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
fire
His punishing schedule seemed to dim his fire at times.
spirit
They played with spirit.
desire
passion
Her eyes were blazing with passion.
enthusiasm
Her lack of enthusiasm filled me with disappointment.
warmth
striving
initiative
He was disappointed by her lack of initiative.
aspiration
yearning
He spoke of his yearning for another child.
devotion
I was impressed by his devotion to his family.
zeal
his zeal for teaching
verve
He played with great style and verve.
zest
He has a zest for life and a quick intellect.
fervour
an outbreak of religious fervour
eagerness
the voice of a woman speaking with breathless eagerness
gusto
Hers was a minor part, but she played it with gusto.
hankering
Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
get-up-and-go (informal)
She's got more get-up-and-go than anyone I know.
ardour
Their romantic ardour had cooled.
keenness
the keenness of the students
avidity
fervency

Quotations

Ambition is the growth of every clime [William Blake – King Edward the Third]
Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar [Edmund Burke – Letters on a Regicide Peace]Ambition, in a private man a vice,
Is in a prince the virtue
[Philip Massinger – The Bashful Lover]
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition [James Madison – The Federalist Papers]Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a Heaven for?
[Robert Browning – Andrea del Sarto]
The glorious fault of angels and gods [Alexander Pope – Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady]

proverb

Every eel hopes to become a whale

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aim
Definition
intention or purpose
a research programme that has failed to achieve its aim
Synonyms
intention,
end,
point,
plan,
course,
mark,
goal,
design,
target,
wish,
scheme,
purpose,
direction,
desire,
object,
objective,
ambition,
intent,
aspiration,
Holy Grail (informal)
in the sense of ardour
Definition
emotional warmth
Their romantic ardour had cooled.
Synonyms
passion,
feeling,
fire,
heat,
spirit,
intensity,
warmth,
devotion,
fervour,
vehemence,
fierceness
in the sense of aspiration
Definition
a strong desire or aim
the needs and aspirations of our pupils
Synonyms
aim,
longing,
end,
plan,
hope,
goal,
design,
dream,
wish,
desire,
object,
intention,
objective,
ambition,
craving,
endeavour,
yearning,
eagerness,
Holy Grail (informal),
hankering

Synonyms of 'ambition'

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