noun
1 strong desire to be successful
ADJECTIVE
▪ driving ( esp. BrE ), great , naked
▪
She's a woman of driving ~.
▪ personal
VERB + AMBITION
▪ have
▪
He has no ~.
▪ lack
AMBITION + VERB
▪ burn
▪
Ambition burned within her.
2 sth you very much want to have/do
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , burning , driving ( esp. BrE ), great , high , main ( esp. BrE ), ultimate ( esp. BrE )
▪
Her biggest ~ was to climb Everest.
▪ lifelong , life's
▪
At last he had realized his life's ~.
▪ long-held , long-standing (both esp. BrE )
▪ grandiose , lofty
▪ modest ( esp. BrE )
▪ personal
▪ secret
▪ youthful
▪ frustrated , thwarted , unfulfilled
▪
This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ~s.
▪ artistic , career , literary , political , presidential , social , sporting ( BrE )
▪ global , imperial , imperialist , nuclear , territorial
▪
the company's global ~s
VERB + AMBITION
▪ cherish , harbour/harbor , have , nurture ( esp. BrE )
▪
He had only one ~ in life.
▪ abandon , give up
▪ achieve , fulfil/fulfill , realize
▪ limit
▪ frustrate , thwart
▪
He felt great resentment at having his ~ frustrated.