Ambition | Mean of ambition in English Dictionary

/æmˈbɪʃən/

• Noun
• a particular goal or aim
1. My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.
2. The wife of a famous poet, she had literary ambitions of her own. [=she wanted to be a writer too]
3. He has ambitions for an acting career. = He has ambitions to become an actor. = His ambition is to be/become an actor.
4. She finally achieved/realized/fulfilled her life's ambition [=the thing she most wanted to do in her life] when she started her own business.
• a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous
1. He lacked ambition and couldn't compete with the others.
2. With her talent and fierce ambition [=her very strong desire to succeed], she became a very successful actress.
• a desire to do things and be active
1. I was tired and had no ambition [=initiative, energy], so I just spent the whole weekend watching TV.