Ambition word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "ambition" word

[noun] a strong drive for success
[noun] a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
[verb] have as one's ambition

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\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.
\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.

Synonyms for ambition

ambitiousness, aspiration, dream

Related terms: ambitiousness, calling, catch, cause, counsel, desideration, desire, effect, glimmering goal, goad, goal, initiative, intendment, intention, lodestone, object, purpose, resolution, spring, thirst, ulterior motive, wish

The fun area, different aproach to word »ambition«

Let's analyse "ambition" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITIBMA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- -- -... .. - .. --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: ambition: 1 + 9 + 9 + 6 = 25, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: ambition: 1 + 4 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 38, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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