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Definition of Ambition
1. Noun. A cherished desire. "His ambition is to own his own business"
Generic synonyms: Desire
Specialized synonyms: American Dream, Emulation, Nationalism
Derivative terms: Ambitious, Aspire
2. Verb. Have as one's ambition.
3. Noun. A strong drive for success.
Generic synonyms: Drive
Specialized synonyms: Aspiration, Power Hunger, Status Seeking
Attributes: Ambitious, Ambitionless, Unambitious
Derivative terms: Ambitious, Ambitious
Definition of Ambition
1. n. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
2. v. t. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Definition of Ambition
1. Noun. (uncountable countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. ¹
2. Noun. An object of an ardent desire. ¹
3. Noun. (rfd-redundant) A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. ¹
4. Noun. A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. ¹
5. Verb. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambition
1. to seek with eagerness [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambition
Literary usage of Ambition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"All revolutions enlarge the ambition of men : this proposition is more peculiarly
true of those revolutions which overthrow an aristocracy. ..."
2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"WHEN I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our
... These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"THE BOYS' ambition WHEN I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my
... These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a ..."
4. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"THE English word ambition is used for very different degrees of the same affection of
... By ambition we designate a desire of distinction or superiority, ..."
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