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Ambition Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ambition Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
(n.)
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
ambition
\am*bi"tion\, v. t. [cf. f. ambitionner.] to seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [r.] pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of greece, bargains with xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
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with ambition
Ambition, (n.)
An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
unscrupulous pursuit of power.
Noun
1. a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
(synonym) aspiration, dream
(hypernym) desire
(hyponym) American Dream
2. a strong drive for success
(synonym) ambitiousness
(hypernym) drive
(hyponym) aspiration
(attribute) ambitious
Verb
1. have as one's ambition
(hypernym) desire, want
(derivation) aspiration, dream
Ambition Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
We must nurture our dreams like we would a child. They are God-given and just as precious. Without ambition how would a child learn to ride a bicycle, play an instrument or whistle? We deny the spirit of God when we as adults settle for less than our dreams!
Dreaming is not an accident. It is not a wistful idea you hope will come true. Dreaming is not the stuff of long-haired hippies wistfully running along a beach. No! Dreaming is a sophisticated tool used by the elite of our society to make themselves and this world a better place. People like Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity, Warren Buffet, Col. Sanders and Walt Disney all started with a dream. The dreams started small, but like the trickle of water that eventually formed the great Grand Canyon, DREAMS ARE POWERFUL!
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Ambition Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
is the desire for personal achievement.
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