See ambition on Wiktionary
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"text": "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; […]",
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"text": "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: […]",
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{
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "da",
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"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "dtp",
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"lang_code": "dtp",
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"word": "iman-imanon"
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "gloramo"
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{
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"sense": "desire",
"word": "ambicio"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "desire",
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"word": "kunnianhimo"
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{
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "desire",
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{
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"word": "野心"
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{
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "yamang",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "야망"
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{
"alt": "野心",
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"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "yasim",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "야심"
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{
"code": "la",
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"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"lang_code": "lb",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ms",
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"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "kesungguhan"
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{
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "abhilāṣaṁ",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "അഭിലാഷം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
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"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "lakṣyaṁ",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "ലക്ഷ്യം"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "awhero"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "ambicioun"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "eštiyâq",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "اشتیاق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "xâheš",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "خواهش"
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"code": "pdt",
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"lang_code": "pdt",
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"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambicja"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambição"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ambícija",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "амби́ция"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambicija"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambición"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "ambisi"
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{
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"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ambícija",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "амбі́ція"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "object of desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambició"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "zhìxiàng",
"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "志向"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "object of desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "intohimo"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "cél"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "vágy"
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{
"code": "ml",
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"lang_code": "ml",
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"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "അഭിലാഷം"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"lang_code": "mi",
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"word": "hemonga"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "ârezu",
"sense": "object of desire",
"word": "آرزو"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "object of desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambição"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "celʹ",
"sense": "object of desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цель"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "mečtá",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "sc",
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{
"code": "sc",
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},
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},
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}
Download raw JSONL data for ambition meaning in All languages combined (51.0kB)
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