AMBITION

[noun] - a strong desire for success, achievement, power or wealthShe's got a lot of ambition, so she's bound to be successful. [U]His ambition is ultimately to run his own business. [C + to infinitive]She denies that she has any political ambitions. [C]She doubts whether she'll ever be able to fulfil her ambition. [C]He died with only one unfulfilled ambition, which was to take photographs on a spaceflight. [C]The important question is whether he is prepared to go to war to achieve his territorial ambitions. [C]It was her life's ambition to publish a novel. [C + to infinitive]My family are more important to me than politics and personal ambition. [U]Her frustrated ambitions have made her extremely bitter and cynical. [C]I've always had a burning (= very great) ambition to be a film director. [C]The leaders of both parties have presidential ambitions. [C]He attributes his failure to a lack of ambition. [U]He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy. [C]After his heart attack, he abandoned his ambition to become Prime Minister. [C + to infinitive]