ambition

Etymology
From, from , from , from. See ambient, issue.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  An object of an ardent desire.
 * 3) A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
 * 4)  A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
 * 5)  The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
 * 1) A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
 * 2)  A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
 * 3)  The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
 * 1)  The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَطْمَح
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: амбі́цыя
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: ambisyon, tinguha
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ambition
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: gloramo, ambicio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , nagyratörés
 * Ilocano: arapaap
 * Indonesian:
 * Ivatan: kagum
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: ambitiō
 * Latvian: godkāre
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: awhero
 * Middle English: ambicioun
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Väanämungsjeist, Äwanämungsjeist
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: ambisi
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: hemonga
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:


 * Belarusian: славалю́бства, амбі́цыя
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: aloitekyky
 * Gallurese: giuditzia
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Väanämungsjeist
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: ambitzione
 * Logudorese: ambitzione
 * Sassarese: ambizioni
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:, честолю́бство


 * Armenian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * French: (1-5)
 * Georgian:
 * German:, (5)
 * Italian: (1-4)
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Maltese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish: (1)

Verb

 * 1) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (feeling)