ambition

[US]/æmˈbɪʃn/
[UK]/æmˈbɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. aspiration, goal; a strong desire for success or achievement
vt. to have ambition for; to pursue

Phrases & Collocations

strong ambition

unwavering ambition

Example Sentences

reportorial ambition and curiosity.

compelling ambition and egotism.

Her ambition is the presidency.

had no ambition to go dancing.

her ambition was to become a model.

the government's ambition to raise standards in schools.

his ambitions for worldly success.

Ambition often overleaps itself.

Her ambition was to be a famous singer.

His ambition knows no limits.

Ambition differs from greed.

ambition that is masked as altruism.

Ambition dominated their lives.

the futility of unrealistic ambitions

have a sneaking ambition to become an orchestra conductor

he wouldn't be able to fulfil his ambition to visit Naples.

it was his unfulfilled ambition to write.

her ambitions are thwarted by whitey in publishing.

I never ambitioned it.

Real-world Examples

Broadcasting his ambition was “very much my decision, ” McGee says.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

Invariably the migrants' ambitions are to reach Western Europe.

Source: VOA Standard Speed March 2016 Compilation

So it's your " sole ambition" to be Mrs. Orson Hodge?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

And Poland denies any territorial ambitions in Belarus.

Source: VOA Daily Standard July 2023 Collection

I have absolutely no ambition in that direction.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

That's the ambition of Warsaw based SAL Technologies.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2020 Collection

It powers their ambitions, their hopes and their dreams.

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

All right, Guillermo, your ambition is infectious.

Source: Modern Family - Season 02

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions.

Source: United Nations Youth Speech

That's my sort of number one ambition.

Source: American English dialogue

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