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  AMBITION, n.  An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while
  living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ambition \Am*bi"tion\, n. [F. ambition, L. ambitio a going
     around, especially of candidates for office is Rome, to
     solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor), fr. ambire
     to go around. See Ambient, Issue.]
     1. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or
        any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for
        preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment
        of something.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition:
              By that sin fell the angels.          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The pitiful ambition of possessing five or six
              thousand more acres.                  --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ambition \Am*bi"tion\, v. t. [Cf. F. ambitionner.]
     To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece,
           bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
                                                    --Trumbull.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ambition \Am*bi"tion\, n. [F. ambition, L. ambitio a going
     around, especially of candidates for office is Rome, to
     solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor? fr. ambire
     to go around. See Ambient, Issue.]
     1. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or
        any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.]
  
              [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. --Milton.
  
     2. An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for
        preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment
        of something.
  
              Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition: By
              that sin fell the angels.             --Shak.
  
              The pitiful ambition of possessing five or six
              thousand more acres.                  --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ambition \Am*bi"tion\, v. t. [Cf. F. ambitionner.]
     To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]
  
           Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece,
           bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
                                                    --Trumbull.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ambition
       n 1: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own
            business" [syn: aspiration, dream]
       2: a strong drive for success [syn: ambitiousness]
       v : have as one's ambition

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Γαλλικά n.
     η φιλοδοξία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Finnish n.
     (infl of fi ambitio  gen s)
     French n.
     (l en ambition) (feeling)
     Swedish n.
     c en #English

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Ambition
     German n.
     f ambition for some particular achievement

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en countable) An object of an ardent desire.
     3 A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these
  things.
     4 (lb en uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not
  necessarily tied to a single goal.
     5 (lb en obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an
  office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
     vb.
     To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Finnish n.
     (infl of fi ambitio  gen s)
     French n.
     (l en ambition) (feeling)
     Swedish n.
     c en #English

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Ambition
     German n.
     f ambition for some particular achievement

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Finnish n.
     (infl of fi ambitio  gen s)
     French n.
     (l en ambition) (feeling)
     Swedish n.
     c en #English

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Ambition
     German n.
     f ambition for some particular achievement

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Ranska n.
     kunnianhimo
     Ruotsi n.
     kunnianhimo, yritteliäisyys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     Franska n.
     #Svenska
     n.
     1 (någons) mål (med något); det någon arbetar för att uppnå
     2 någons drivkraft, det som gör att någon orkar och vill fortsätta
  (arbeta) med något
     3 det att vara ambitiös

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Ambition
     Tyska n.
     ambition

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  ambition
     n.
     1 (någons) mål (med något); det någon arbetar för att uppnå
     2 någons drivkraft, det som gör att någon orkar och vill fortsätta
  (arbeta) med något
     3 det att vara ambitiös

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Ambition /ˌambiːtsjˈoːn/ 
  ambition , pretension 
        "Ambitionen auf etw. haben"  - have ambitions of getting sth., have designs on sth.
        "mit geringen Ambitionen"  - of modest pretensions
     Synonym: ehrgeiziges Streben
  
   see: Ambitionen, es auf etw. abgesehen haben

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ambition
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ambisi
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-pol ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ambicja, ambit
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  амбиция
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ambición
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Ambition /ambiˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ambition
  gehoben: Ehrgeiz, Streben nach Höherem

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  ambition /ambˈɪʃən/
  1. ambisie
  2. aansoek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ambition /ambˈɪʃən/
  الطّموح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ambition //æmˈbɪʃ.ən// 
  амби́ция, честолю́бие
  desire