Ambition | Meaning of ambition

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ambition (noun)
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.

ambition (noun)
An object of an ardent desire.
My ambition is to own a helicopter.

ambition (noun)
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

ambition (noun)
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

ambition (verb)
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

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