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Meanings of
ambition
in English
Russian
честолюбие
Portuguese
ambição
Spanish
ambicion
Catalan
ambició
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Will to succeed.
dream
aspiration
Related terms
virtue
Russian
честолюбие
Portuguese
ambição
Catalan
ambició
Spanish
ambición
Back to the meaning
A strong drive for success.
ambitiousness
Portuguese
ambição
Usage of
ambition
in English
1
And the overall result is a moody sophomore work long on
ambition
.
2
People who did not ask questions; who were creative but lacked
ambition
.
3
That's really his
ambition
,
said a private sector adviser to the candidate.
4
The
ambition
of those heady days had ended in tragedy, of course.
5
South Korea said it showed the North's
ambition
to attack its neighbours.
6
He adds: We've cut too far for our present level of
ambition
.
7
Perhaps
ambition
made moneymaking for personal gain seem no longer sufficiently satisfying.
8
This transparency will build confidence which in turn will build greater
ambition
.
9
The underlying
ambition
of the committee soon became clear to the prisoners.
10
What isn't appearing in the data is much common sense or
ambition
.
11
That
ambition
remains; I just want us to do better with less.
12
Former Soviet Georgia wants to join NATO, an
ambition
which angers Russia.
13
The American
ambition
to occupy more and more land left Sancho cold.
14
But the sheer
ambition
of these works demand an almost physical attention.
15
I've still enough
ambition
and enough character to fight in difficult moments.
16
That
ambition
has translated into great food, fantastic accommodation and constant reinvention.
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About this term
ambition
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
personal ambition
great ambition
own ambition
political ambition
have no ambition
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Translations for
ambition
Russian
честолюбие
Portuguese
ambição
pretensão
aspiração
Spanish
ambicion
sueño
pretensión
aspiración
ambición
Catalan
ambició
Ambition
through the time
Ambition
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
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