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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 .]
    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://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

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

  7. ambition
    verb have as one`s ambition
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. 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

  9. 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...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. ambition
    • a cherished desire
    • a strong drive for success

    Found on

  11. Ambition
    `Ambition` is the desire for personal achievement. It provides the motivation and determination necessary to achieve goals in life. Ambitious people seek to be the best at what they choose to do for attainment, power, or superiority. Ambition can also be defined as the object of this seekness. Ambit...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambition

  12. Ambition
    (Miz) "`Ambition`" is Miz`s second and final single under her full name, `Mizuki Watanabe`. It was used as the opening theme for Kouklo Theatro, also known as Eternal Eyes a Playstation game published by Sunsoft. This single is now out of print. References : <references/>
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambition

  13. Ambition
    (album) Originally released on Atlantic Records in 1987, `Ambition` is former Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw`s third solo album release. It was produced by Terry Thomas (from the rock band, Charlie) and has a very fluid and melodic sound with rich synthesizer chords and sequences. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambition

  14. Ambition
    (game) `Ambition` is a four-player trick-taking card game developed in 2003, in which the usual object is to take a middling number of points, but with bonuses for taking no points (Nil) or a large number of them (Slam) enabling additional strategies. Played mainly in the United States, Hunga...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambition



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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