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"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."
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"(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."
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"text": "My ambition is to own a helicopter.",
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"An object of an ardent desire."
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"(countable) An object of an ardent desire."
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"A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things."
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"(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal."
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"sense": "personal quality",
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"The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing."
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"(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing."
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"roman": "maṭmaḥ",
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"roman": "ambícija",
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"word": "tinguha"
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"roman": "bàofù",
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"roman": "zhìxiang",
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"word": "志向"
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"sense": "desire",
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"roman": "zhìqì",
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"word": "ambisi"
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yamang",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "야망"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "yasim",
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"roman": "abhilāṣaṁ",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "അഭിലാഷം"
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"roman": "lakṣyaṁ",
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"sense": "desire",
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"sense": "desire",
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"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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"word": "ambición"
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"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "desire",
"word": "ambisi"
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"sense": "desire",
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"word": "ambition"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ambícija",
"sense": "desire",
"tags": [
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}
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}
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}
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"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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],
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]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ambition",
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]
},
{
"form": "ambitionen",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ambitioner",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ambitionerna",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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},
{
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"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ambitioners",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ambitionernas",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
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