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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bi•tion /æmˈbɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] a strong desire for achievement or distinction.
- [countable] the object or state desired or sought after: A career on the stage is just one of her ambitions.
See ambi-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bi•tion (am bish′ən),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- the object, state, or result desired or sought after:The crown was his ambition.
- desire for work or activity;
energy:I awoke feeling tired and utterly lacking in ambition.
v.t. - to seek after earnestly;
aspire to.
- Latin ambitiōn- (stem of ambitiō), equivalent. to amb- ambi- + -i- go + -t- past participle suffix + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French)
- Middle English ambicio(u)n (1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aspiration, yearning, longing.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged goal, aim.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged drive, force.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ambition /æmˈbɪʃən/ n - strong desire for success, achievement, or distinction
- something so desired; goal; aim
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin ambitiō a going round (of candidates), a striving to please, from ambīre to go round; see ambit |