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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ambition/amˈbɪʃn/

▶noun a strong desire to do or achieve something.

■ desire and determination to achieve success.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. ambitio(n-), from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.

'ambition' also found in these Oxford entries:

ambitious - aspiration - burning - cherish - drive - -itious - nurture - shiftless - timocracy - Type A

Forum discussions with the word(s) "ambition" in the title:

achieve my ambition
ambition or aspiration?
ambition to cap the hosting of the Games
ambition within an organization
Ambition(s) To
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Bad ambition
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fulfilled/realized/achieved her ambition
I have no ambition into teaching Greek
I have the motivation(s) and ambition(s)
just as a seed germinates, so [too?] did my political ambition
let not ambition mock their useful toil.
mean ambition
my motivation and my ambition will allow me to learn fast
shiny hair, that's my life's ambition

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