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n. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.

n. The object or goal desired: Her ambition is the presidency.

n. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.

n. Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

n. An object of an ardent desire.

n. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

n. A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

v. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

n. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

n. An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.

v. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

n. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office or other object of desire; a canvassing.

n. An eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other men: often used in a good sense: as, ambition to be good.

n. Hence The object of ambitious desire.

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; aspire to; be ambitious of.

v. have as one's ambition

n. a cherished desire

n. a strong drive for success

"The main ambition is to lose some weight and get myself into better shape, which basically means covering some ground again and this time applying that old willpower to maintaining the state."

desire    want   

desire   

ambitionist    ambience    ambient    ambitious    ambit   

canvassing    covet   

Deposition    Inquisition    Prohibition    Titian    abolition    academician    acquisition    addition    admission    admonition   

pride    desire    jealousy    vanity    aspiration    courage    enthusiasm    greed    imagination    hope