AMBITION
\ambˈɪʃən], \ambˈɪʃən], \a_m_b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of AMBITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
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An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
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To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
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The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
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An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
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To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Inordinate desire of power or distinction.
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Worthy eagerness to achieve something great and good.
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An object of ambitious effort.
By James Champlin Fernald
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