ambition
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Is ambition a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable, countable) 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.Examples: "My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition."; "The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]"; "One is aſtoniſhed hovv ſuch a ſmall ſpot could furniſh Men ſufficient to ſacrifice to the pitiful Ambition of poſſeſſing five or ſix thouſand more Acres, or tvvo or three more Villages: […]"countableuncountable
2. (countable) An object of an ardent desire.Examples: "My ambition is to own a helicopter."countable
3. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.uncountable
4. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.Examples: "I on th' other ſide / Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds, […]"countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary