Ambition Definition
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Other Word Forms of Ambition
Noun
Origin of Ambition
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From Middle English ambicion, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitio (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ambicioun excessive desire for honor, power, or wealth from Old French ambition from Latin ambitiō ambitiōn- from ambitus past participle of ambīre to go around (for votes) ambient
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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