Definitions
have as one's ambition
Word origin
From Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“to go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue. By surface analysis, ambit + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.”
“The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]”
“One is aſtoniſhed hovv ſuch a ſmall ſpot could furniſh Men ſufficient to ſacrifice to the pitiful Ambition of poſſeſſing five or ſix thouſand more Acres, or tvvo or three more Villages: […]”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Drive to achieve”8 letters
02“Strong aim”8 letters
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