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Look up: ambition

  1. ambition
    [Noun] Longing for success, fame or power.
    Example: It was his ambition to win a gold medal.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. ambition
    [n] - a cherished desire 2. [n] - a strong drive for success 3. [v] - have as one`s ambition
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Ambition
    Am·bi'tion noun [ French ambition , Latin ambitio a going around, especially of candidates for office is Rome, to solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor... from ambire to go around. See Ambient , Issue .] 1. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [ Obsolete] « [ I] used no ambit ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/67

  4. Ambition
    Am·bi'tion transitive verb [ Confer French ambitionner .] To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [ R.] « Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/67

  5. ambition
    ambitiousness noun a strong drive for success
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. ambition
    aspiration noun a cherished desire; `his ambition is to own his own business`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. ambition
    verb have as one`s ambition
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Ambition
    `Ambition` could refer to one of the following: * Motivation, especially to improve a situation, and power * One of Bill Gothard's Forty-nine charismatic virtues Category:Motivation
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambition

  9. Ambition
    • (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. • (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something. • (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. ambition
    ambition 1. An earnest or eager desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment. 2. The object, state, or result desired or sought after: 'To be a professional baseball player has been his life-time ambition.' 3. A desire for exertion or activity; energy: 'We had no amb...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. ambition
    1. a cherished desire
    2. a strong drive for success

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24 November 2009

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