ambition

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

ambitions

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

ambition

past (v2)

ambitioned

past participle (v3)

ambitioned

present participle

ambitioning

3rd person singular

ambitions

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

   • My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.

2. 2.An object of an ardent desire.

   • My ambition is to own a helicopter.

3. 3.A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

4. 4.A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

   • Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.

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• dream