American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. An eager or strong desire to achieve something,
such as fame or power. - n. The object or goal desired: Her
ambition is the presidency. - n. Desire for exertion or
activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing. Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. The act of going about to solicit
or obtain an office or other object of desire; a canvassing. -
n. An eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers
distinction, as preferment, political power, or literary fame;
desire to distinguish one's self from other men: often used in a
good sense: as, ambition to be good. - n. Hence The object of
ambitious desire. - To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; aspire
to; be ambitious of. - n. 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. - n.
countable An object of an ardent desir