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ambition
/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
18(noun.) strong desire to be successful
ADJ
driving, great, naked
His great ambition was to become a doctor and help people in his community.
personal
VERB + AMBITION
have
My sister has great ambition to become a doctor and study medicine abroad.
lack
AMBITION + VERB
burn
Her ambition to become a doctor burned so strongly that she studied every night for years.
(noun.) sth you very much want to have/do
ADJ
big, burning, driving, great, high, main, overriding, ultimate
His main ambition is to become a doctor and help people in his community.
lifelong, life's, longstanding
She worked as a doctor for thirty years to fulfill her lifelong ambition of helping poor communities.
modest | personal | secret | youthful
frustrated, thwarted, unfulfilled
She felt frustrated ambition when her dream of becoming a doctor didn't work out.
career, imperial/imperialist, literary, political, presidential, social, sporting, territorial
VERB + AMBITION
cherish, harbour, have, nurture
She has always nurtured an ambition to become a doctor since childhood.
abandon, give up | achieve, fulfil, realize | limit, restrain
frustrate, thwart
Her plans to become a doctor were thwarted when she failed her entrance exam.
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