ambition

Definition of ambition in English English dictionary: A four-player card game of tricks played mainly in North America, Europe, and Japan; A desire, as in (1), for another person to achieve these things; An 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; The purported pathway to a chosen career; A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal; n An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while; {n} an earnest desire or wish, pride; The act of writing funny sentences in the hope of getting them into the Linux cookie file; a strong drive for success; a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"; n Â An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while; a strong drive for success a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"; {i} aspiration, hope; The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing; a strong drive for success a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" have as one's ambition; Ambition is the desire to be successful, rich, or powerful. Even when I was young I never had any ambition; To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet; If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it. His ambition is to sail round the world = goal; An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something; have as one's ambition
ambit: The sphere or area of control and influence of something
He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe.
ambit: A span of actions, thoughts, or words
ambit: A circuit, or a boundary around a property
ambitionless: Without ambition or motivation
ambit: {n} a compass, a circumference
Ambit: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
Ambitionless: having little desire for success or achievement
ambit: The ambit of something is its range or extent. Her case falls within the ambit of moral law. = scope. the range or limit of someone's authority, influence etc fall within the ambit of sth (ambitus, from the past participle of ambire; AMBIENT)
ambit: {i} circumference, limit, sphere, field
ambit: Circuit or compass
ambitionless: Devoid of ambition
ambitions: plural of ambition
burning ambition: very strong desire, very powerful aspiration

ambition

Hyphenation

am·bi·tion

Turkish pronunciation

ämbîşın

Synonyms

appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go

Antonyms

apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction

Pronunciation

/amˈbəsʜən/ /æmˈbɪʃən/

Etymology

() From Middle English ambicion Old French ambition Latin ambitio (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”) ambiō (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue.