Definition of 'ambition'
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Word origin of 'ambition'
C14: from Old French, from Latin ambitiō a going round (of candidates), a striving to please, from ambīre to go round; see ambit noun
1.
2.
the objective strongly desired
verb transitive
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Word origin of 'ambition'
ME < OFr < L ambitio, a going around (to solicit votes) < pp. of ambire: see ambientExample sentences containing 'ambition'
Philosophy at the Limit (1990)
But you have to have ambitions and goals.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)You are close to success with the ambition that means the most to you.
The Sun (2013) The Sun (2014) The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge Times, Sunday Times (2011)Will new ambitions change your world of love?
The Sun (2009) The Sun (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2008)Will ambition and success change your love future?
The Sun (2013) Times, Sunday Times (2009) Times, Sunday Times (2013) Times, Sunday Times (2006) Times, Sunday Times (2011) The Sun (2016) Times, Sunday Times (2013) The Sun (2010)You handle relationships well and can be a close couple but also encourage each other to fulfil personal ambitions.
The Sun (2009)Do the very best drivers step over the line because they cannot see anything other than their own desires and ambitions?
Times, Sunday Times (2009) The Sun (2007)By that time, the papacy had established its territorial ambitions.
Christianity Today (2000) Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Sun (2013) The Sun (2009)Quotations
Ambition is the growth of every clime
King Edward the ThirdAmbition must be made to counteract ambition
The Federalist PapersTrends of 'ambition'
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Translations for '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.
If you have an ambition to achieve something, you want very much to achieve it.His ambition is to sail round the world.
- 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
- Portuguese: ambição
- Romanian: ambiție ambiții
- Russian: цель
- Spanish: ambición
- Swedish: ambition
- Thai: ความทะเยอทะยาน
- Turkish: hırs
- Ukrainian: мета
- Vietnamese: tham vọng
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