ambition

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.n̩/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈambɪʃən/ === Noun === ambition (countable and uncountable, plural ambitions) (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. (countable) An object of an ardent desire. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambience ambient ambit ambitious ambitionist ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ambition (third-person singular simple present ambitions, present participle ambitioning, simple past and past participle ambitioned) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. === Further reading === “ambition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ambition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Noun === ambition c ambition ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambitiøs === Further reading === “ambition” in Den Danske Ordbog “ambition” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Finnish == === Noun === ambition genitive singular of ambitio == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === ambition f (plural ambitions) ambition (feeling) ==== Derived terms ==== ambitionner ==== Related terms ==== ambitieux === Further reading === “ambition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === ambition c ambition ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambitiös === References === ambition in Svensk ordbok (SO) ambition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) ambition in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)