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am⋅bi⋅tion

  [am-bish-uhn]
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–noun
1. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
2. the object, state, or result desired or sought after: The crown was his ambition.
3. desire for work or activity; energy: I awoke feeling tired and utterly lacking in ambition.
–verb (used with object)
4. to seek after earnestly; aspire to.
Origin:
1300–50; ME ambicio(u)n (< MF) < L ambitiōn- (s. of ambitiō), equiv. to amb- ambi- + -i- go + -t- ptp. suffix + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
am⋅bi⋅tion⋅less, adjective
am⋅bi⋅tion⋅less⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. aspiration, yearning, longing. 2. goal, aim. 3. drive, force.
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Word Origin & History

ambition 
1340, from L. ambitionem (nom. ambitio) "a going around (to solicit votes)," from ambitus, pp. of ambire "to go around" (see ambient). Rarely used in the literal sense in Eng.; the sense of "eager or inordinate desire of honor or preferment" goes back to the L.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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