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Ambitions

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.

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noun
  1. 1

    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.

    "My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition."

  2. 2

    An object of an ardent desire.

    "My ambition is to own a helicopter."

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

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