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 (“to go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue. By surface analysis, ambit +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, (/æ/ raising) [ɛəmˈbɪʃ.n̩] (Australian) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbəʃ.ən/ === 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 Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ambition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Etymology === From French ambition, from Latin ambitiō. === Noun === ambition c (singular definite ambitionen, plural indefinite ambitioner) ambition ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambitiøs === References === “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 ambitiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === ambition f (plural ambitions) ambition ==== Derived terms ==== ambitionner ==== Related terms ==== ambitieux ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: ambition → German: Ambition → Romanian: ambiție → Swedish: ambition === Further reading === “ambition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ambition. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ambition c ambition ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambitiös === References === “ambition”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “ambition”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “ambition”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)