ambition

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /æmˈbɪ.ʃən/

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Noun

Singular ambition

Plural ambitions

1. (countable & uncountable) If you have ambition, then you have a want to accomplish (complete) a task.

   That young man is full of ambition and will make a great leader someday.

   Sometimes our ambition drives us to do things that we shouldn't.