ambition

  1. Noun.  (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  2. Noun.  (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
  3. Noun.  (rfd-redundant) A desire, as in (1), for another person to achieve these things.
  4. Noun.  (rfv-sense) The purported pathway to a chosen career.
  5. Noun.  (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
  6. Noun.  (rfv-sense) A four-player card game of tricks played mainly in North America, Europe, and Japan. [http://www.pagat.com/invented/ambition.html].

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