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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
ambition From the web:
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- what ambition does satan cherish
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conviction
English
Etymology
From late Middle English conviction, from Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convicti?, from convictus, the past participle of convinc? (“to convict”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?v?k??n/
Noun
conviction (countable and uncountable, plural convictions)
- (countable) A firmly held belief.
- (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
- (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
- (uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[3]
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[3]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Derived terms
- courage of one's convictions
Related terms
- convict
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convictio, convictionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.vik.sj??/
- Homophone: convictions
- Hyphenation: con?vic?tion
Noun
conviction f (plural convictions)
- conviction
Derived terms
- pièce à conviction
Related terms
- convaincre
Further reading
- “conviction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
conviction From the web:
- what convictions cannot be expunged
- what conviction means
- what convictions result in an insurance surcharge
- what convictions can be expunged
- what convictions do you live by
- what conviction is shared by all confucians
- what convictions stop entry to canada
- what convictions prevent gun ownership
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