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ambition
English
Etymology
From Middle English ambicion, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambiti? (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambi? (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æm?b?.??n/
Noun
ambition (countable and uncountable, plural ambitions)
- (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.
- 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
- the pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres
- 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
- (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
- A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
- (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
- (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ambition.
Related terms
- ambience
- ambient
- ambit
- ambitious
- ambitionist
Translations
Verb
ambition (third-person singular simple present ambitions, present participle ambitioning, simple past and past participle ambitioned)
- To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
- 1746, C Turnbull, The Histories Of Marcus Junianus Justinus
- Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
- 1746, C Turnbull, The Histories Of Marcus Junianus Justinus
Further reading
- ambition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Danish
Noun
ambition c
- ambition
Declension
Related terms
- ambitiøs
Further reading
- “ambition” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “ambition” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Finnish
Noun
ambition
- Genitive singular form of ambitio.
French
Etymology
From Latin ambiti?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.bi.sj??/
Noun
ambition f (plural ambitions)
- ambition (feeling)
Related terms
- ambitieux
- ambitionner
Further reading
- “ambition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
ambition c
- en ambition
Declension
Related terms
- ambitiös
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avarice
English
Etymology
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin av?ritia, from av?rus (“greedy”).
Pronunciation
- (non-merged vowel) IPA(key): /?æv???s/
- (merged vowel) IPA(key): /?æv???s/, /?æv??s/
Noun
avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)
- Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- Synonyms: covetousness, cupidity
- Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Synonyms
- avariciousness
- See also Thesaurus:greed
Related terms
- avaricious, avariciously
Translations
References
Anagrams
- caviare
French
Etymology
From Latin avaritia. Cognate with Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza, Spanish avaricia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.va.?is/
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
avarice f (plural avarices)
- greed; avarice
Related terms
- avare
- avarement
- avaricieux
Further reading
- “avarice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin avaritia.
Noun
avarice f (oblique plural avarices, nominative singular avarice, nominative plural avarices)
- greed; avarice
Descendants
- ? English: avarice
- French: avarice
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