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1. a. : an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power. With her talent and fierce ambition, she became a very successful actress. b. : desire to achieve a particular end. 2. : the object of ambition. Her ambition is to start her own business. 3. US : a desire for activity or exertion. felt sick and had no ambition. ambitionless. am-ˈbi-shən-ləs.
Synonyms for AMBITION: aspiration, determination, motivation, ambitiousness, opportunism, initiative, energy, greed; Antonyms of AMBITION: indifference, apathy, unconcern, inertia, lethargy, laziness, indolence, idleness.
a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.: She has a lot of ambition. Fewer examples. Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession. We are looking for someone with drive and ambition. Driving ambition is what most great leaders have in common.
Ambition definition: an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment. See examples of AMBITION used in a sentence.
Ambition is a strong desire to achieve. It's what Macbeth had too much of, and what slackers have too little of. If a person has ambition, the goal is usually wealth, power, or fame. This Middle English word is derived from Latin ambitiō, from ambīre "to go around or about."
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. 2. the object, state, or result desired or sought after. The crown was his ambition.
AMBITION definition: 1. something you want to achieve in your life: 2. a strong feeling that you want to be successful…. Learn more.
ambition. noun. /æmˈbɪʃn/. /æmˈbɪʃn/. [countable] something that you want to do or achieve very much. She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition. His burning ambition was to study medicine. political/artistic/career ambitions. At last he had realized his life's ambition.
[uncountable] the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc. motivated by personal ambition She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition. See ambition in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: ambition. Definition of ambition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
AMBITION meaning: 1 : a particular goal or aim something that a person hopes to do or achieve; 2 : a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous.
