Sekirov Dictionary

ambition

/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

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a strong wish to become important, famous or successful
- My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.
A desire, as in, for another person to achieve these things.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
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An object of an ardent desire.
- My ambition is to own a helicopter.
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(no longer used) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
- I on th' other side / Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds, […] — 1671

verb1

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To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
- Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — 1746

forms

ambitioned · ambitioning · ambitions

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