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- pronunciation:
- aem
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sh
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a strong desire to become famous, rich, or to reach a goal.
He has an ambition to earn a million dollars before he is thirty.- synonyms:
- desire, drive, push, zeal
- similar words:
- appetite, aspiration, longing, striving
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| definition 2: |
the aim or goal of such a desire.
Winning first place was his ambition.- synonyms:
- aim, aspiration, dream, goal, intent, intention, objective
- similar words:
- hope, longing, mark, plan, purpose, striving
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| related words: |
aim, dream, drive, initiative, intent, objective, wish |
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| derivation: |
ambitionless (adj.) |
The word ambition
contains the following parts:
amb, ambl, ambul
Latin
root
that means walk
  Example words:
it, itiner
Latin
root
that means journey, road
Example words:
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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