ambition
Pronunciation:
/æmˈbɪ.ʃən/noun
Definitions
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.
Example: My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.
An object of an ardent desire.
Example: My ambition is to own a helicopter.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
verb
Definitions
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Example: Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull.