AMBITION


Meaning of AMBITION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

fulfilling...ambition

Being deaf hasn’t stopped Karen fulfilling her ambition to be a hairdresser.

lifelong ambition

David finally realized his lifelong ambition .

nurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc

For years he had nursed a grievance against his former employer.

pursue your ambitions

David left the company to pursue his political ambitions.

realized...ambition

She never realized her ambition of winning an Olympic gold medal.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

big

But her annoyance over the pictures could not distract Catherine from her latest - and biggest - ambition .

The speech marked Ventura's decision to withdraw into Minnesota politics following his unsuccessful flirtations with bigger ambitions .

But the ski instructress died trying to fulfill her biggest ambition - to visit the Everest base camp.

Angelopoulos has made an indulgent, at times breathtaking film with big ambitions .

Tall, dark, handsome and eloquent, our hero cuts a dashing figure in the little city with big ambitions .

burning

His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money.

Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition .

You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage.

But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time.

It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed.

To achieve that status, a player needs - besides a natural talent - a burning inner ambition .

He had no burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management in those early days, however.

It was this burning ambition that I took with me into 1986.

great

He had believed that a country girl like her would find him wonderful, a college man with great ambitions .

Yet it really happened and I deeply appreciate his articulation of my greatest ambition as a baker.

So do not be disappointed if you fail to receive a windfall or secure your greatest ambition .

Ivan Lendl will not achieve his last great ambition - to be Wimbledon Singles Champion. 8.

But even his critics admit that he is not a man of great ambition .

But events in the region had offended the West's democratic sensibilities and aroused fears of greater Soviet ambitions .

His greatest ambition was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer.

You could achieve your greatest ambition , Mikhail - space, the stars.

high

None the less, his tennis has high ambitions .

This is a high ambition for a book targeted at the general reader.

It is often the case that the highest ambitions can be born in the darkest days of defeat.

lifelong

It's taken artist, Chris Fiddes, 60 days to complete, the realisation of a lifelong ambition .

She says it's been a lifelong ambition to work with horses.

Stephen admits he's unlikely to realise his lifelong ambition of playing for Aston Villa.

In 1990, however, David finally realised his lifelong ambition .

personal

As long as individuals are different and have personal aims, ambitions and needs they will seek to achieve those for themselves.

His background helps, perhaps, to explain his personal ambition and drive.

He feels no need to conceal his personal ambition .

The 15 Democrats left behind accused Saunders and his four Democratic supporters of putting personal ambition before principle.

Crossing the Sahara was a personal ambition and all the rules were self-made.

It's also a personal ambition to go around the circuit.

We are interested in the social implications of personal ambition , greed, anger and hatred.

Anyhow, I had no personal ambition .

political

For her sake, Harry had abandoned his political ambitions , and had become a simple man of the church.

Yeltsin fumed at questions of whether the nuclear summit and surrounding meetings were tailored to his political ambitions .

The political ambitions of the working class had normally been channelled through parliamentary and constitutional routeways.

And he was that greater rarity, a Moses without political ambition .

He is just 50 and apparently at the limits of his political ambition .

This experience shaped the political ambition that led ultimately to his coup of 23 July 1952.

They say they consider him uncorrupted, and are impressed by his relative lack of political ambition .

He had political ambitions , and knew how to make friends at Tammany Hall.

presidential

He resigned as Defence Secretary in July 1991 in order to pursue his presidential ambitions .

There are already about a dozen people with presidential ambitions .

Kemp and Gore served in Congress together and had seen their presidential ambitions sidetracked in 1988.

Mr Balladur denies presidential ambitions , but such figures are enough to turn anyone's head.

However, for this and other reasons, he renounced presidential ambitions .

Every vice president has presidential ambitions , of course.

territorial

Belpan had little crime, no enemies, nothing worth stealing, and no territorial ambitions .

Although Britain had long had trading connections with these areas, hitherto she had had no territorial ambitions there.

■ VERB

achieve

He has at last achieved his ambition to look both indistinguishable and distinctive.

He had achieved his life's ambition .

Would she herself end up like that, if she achieved her ambition of becoming the managing editor of a magazine?

Ivan Lendl will not achieve his last great ambition - to be Wimbledon Singles Champion. 8.

It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there.

Five days later Vernage was to achieve his gruesome ambition to kill a policeman.

become

Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition , were however nothing more than starters.

burn

Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition , were however nothing more than starters.

He had married a woman with burning social ambition , twenty years his junior.

But, even at 40, he still burns with ambition to dump Indy racing and make a Grand Prix come-back.

drive

He was driven by an enormous ambition and unrelenting ego, making him a living symbol of black self-determination.

Schuster -- is spinning out of control, driven by the mercurial ambitions of the 72-year-old Redstone.

fulfil

Maria Aznar, fulfilled his long-standing ambition to win promotion to the status of a large medium-sized country.

In part, this was because she had fulfilled her ministerial ambitions .

He offered his services to the Edinburgh Missionary Society as an overseas candidate, thus fulfilling a youthful ambition .

The male has fulfilled his ambition of bigamy at the expense of a female.

To fulfil this ambition he was prepared to go to any lengths, nomatterhow underhand or devious they might be.

While their four children were growing up, she put off fulfilling her ambition to run an antique shop of her own.

This is an excellent time of year to fulfil your ambitions !

Since then he has fulfilled many ambitions , learned new skills and tested his courage and physical fitness to the limit.

fulfill

He offered his services to the Edinburgh Missionary Society as an overseas candidate, thus fulfilling a youthful ambition .

However, some work is discretionary, taken on to fulfill ambitions or to purchase unnecessary luxuries.

While their four children were growing up, she put off fulfilling her ambition to run an antique shop of her own.

The siege had shown that, with artillery, Henry V had the capability of fulfilling his military ambition .

But the ski instructress died trying to fulfill her biggest ambition - to visit the Everest base camp.

lack

She questioned whether what they lacked was not ruthless ambition .

Who had said he lacked ambition ?

Or will his lack of ambition drive you to distraction?

I suppose I lacked serious ambition .

nurse

More crucial, in the president's eyes, is the fact that Se guin may be nursing other ambitions .

play

He had no ambitions to play Hook and certainly not at four days' notice.

My main ambition is to play something magical on the piano.

Stephen admits he's unlikely to realise his lifelong ambition of playing for Aston Villa.

realise

With care, you can realise all your ambitions without lifting a finger.

Stephen admits he's unlikely to realise his lifelong ambition of playing for Aston Villa.

realize

All those who made it possible for me to realize a lifetime's ambition .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

burning ambition/desire/need etc

Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters.

Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition.

But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time.

His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money.

I just have never had a burning desire to practice law.

It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed.

The second time, it was a passion, a burning desire.

You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage.

driving ambition

Talented but without driving ambition, Lehmann was during his last years handicapped by Parkinson's disease.

Thus, with each page, she becomes increasingly unattractive and vainglorious - brains and spirit corrupted by driving ambition.

vaulting ambition

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Your problem," said Arthur, "is that you have no ambition ."

Earlier this year, he achieved his ambition of competing in the Olympic games.

Eric wasn't particularly intelligent but he had plenty of ambition .

Getting to the top hadn't been easy, in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed.

Her ambition was to go to law school and become an attorney.

Kasich is thought to have grand political ambitions.

My teachers always told me that I lacked ambition , and would never get anywhere.

What can you do with a kid who has no ambition ?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But his ambition had its limits.

But I do think as long as you've got ambitions in life you can do anything you want.

But the shamelessness of her ambition was nothing compared with Farin a's.

I hardly dared formulate my ambition to myself.

She had early ambitions to be a marine biologist, and always claimed that lack of formal educational opportunity prevented her.

The words came over clearly but cautiously: Leslie Brent was denied his ambition to be a cook.

Unfortunately, his skills and ambition have not yielded any meaningful understanding of the region.

Yeltsin fumed at questions of whether the nuclear summit and surrounding meetings were tailored to his political ambitions.

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