English-Estonian translations for ambition

  • ambitsioonVaidlemine sotsiaalprobleemide üle ei ole ainult meie ambitsioon. Debating social problems is not only our ambition. Minu ambitsioon on sillutada teed veelgi suurema edu suunas. My ambition is to pave the way to even more progress. Ambitsioone ei oleks saanud enam tugevamalt kinnitada. The ambitions could not have been reinforced more strongly.
  • auahnusAuahnus, kangekaelsus, suutmatus tunnistada vähemusi ja nende õigusi ning suutmatus aktsepteerida paljusust on paljude pingete allikas. Ambition, obstinacy, failure to recognise minorities and their rights, and failure to accept plurality are the cause of many tensions.

Definition of ambition

  • 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
  • An object of an ardent desire
  • A desire, as in , for another person to achieve these things
  • The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet

Examples

  • My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition
  • My ambition is to own a helicopter
  • Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull

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