ambition

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
2. (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
3. (countable, uncountable) A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
4. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

Verb

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Concepts

ambition

désir

aspiration

souhait

rêve

😴💭

arriviste

intriguant

vœux

ambicion

soif du pouvoir

ambitieux

caractère ambitieux

avidité

convoitise

profit

Synonymes

aspiration

desire

wish

dream

😴💭

eagerness

inclination

ardor

fancy

itch

keenness

ardour

hope

ambitiousness

will

drive

pretension

want

love of power

yearning

lust

designs

congratulation

purpose

treachery

resolve

avarice

goal

longing

profit

project

rapaciousness

selfishness

self-love

spirit

striving

thought

💭

voluntarily

voraciousness

wishing

desire to improve oneself

inordinate ambition

Buddha’s great vow

over-ambition

lech after

status seeking

overambitiousness

aim

big hope

ambitions

amour-propre

Traductions

ambición

ambizione

ambição

Ehrgeiz

Ambition

desiderio

pretensão

Wunsch

arzu

desig

Lust

wens

zin

begeerte

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ambicioun

In summary

From Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue.