Ambition meaning in English

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Definition

(to have) ambition(s): (to have) aims, goals, dreams, a desire to make progress in life noun

Examples

  • "Horatio : ...And I could finance my lifelong ambition of destroying the sun!"
  • "Something to aspire to: a career goal, an ambition."
  • "American businesses like to employ people who want to succeed and show ambition, that is why you should never let your supervisor or team leader forget that you want their job!"
  • "Confidence, intelligence and ambition."
Exercise 1
Listen to the audio again. Edward thinks Bill Tanner has three distinct qualities, and notes them down.

These qualities are , intelligence, and .

What are their adjective forms? Use the descriptions below to help you.
The first, intelligence → intelligent, has been done for you!

Bethany "The Brains" Brown understands things very quickly. She even knows how to program a DVD player.
Bethany is an intelligent person.
Bob "The Belief" Baker is very self-assured. Some people think he's arrogant, but they're just jealous.
Bob is a person.
Darren "The Drive" Davis has big plans for the future: he wants to be a millionaire by the time he is 30.
Darren is an person.
Listen to the audio again. Edward thinks Bill Tanner has three distinct qualities, and notes them down.

These qualities are [not done] confidence 1, intelligence, and [not done] ambition 2.

What are their adjective forms? Use the descriptions below to help you.
The first, intelligence → intelligent, has been done for you!

Bethany "The Brains" Brown understands things very quickly. She even knows how to program a DVD player.
Bethany is an intelligent person.
Bob "The Belief" Baker is very self-assured. Some people think he's arrogant, but they're just jealous.
Bob is a [not done] confident 3 person.
Darren "The Drive" Davis has big plans for the future: he wants to be a millionaire by the time he is 30.
Darren is an [not done] ambitious 4 person.
1 confidence: CONFIDENCE is self-belief. Example: Philip Cheeter will talk to anyone - he is full of CONFIDENCE. If I had more CONFIDENCE, I would be a belly dancer.
2 ambition: AMBITION is the desire to succeed. Example: Without AMBITION, Philip Cheeter would not have become Head of Sales. If I had more AMBITION, I would open my own belly dancing club.
3 confident: If you are self-assured, you are CONFIDENT. Example: Philip Cheeter is a CONFIDENT speaker. If I were more CONFIDENT, I'd do nude modeling.
4 ambitious: If you are AMBITIOUS, you want to achieve things. Example: Philip Cheeter is very AMBITIOUS - he openly admits that he wants Bruno's job as CEO. If I were more AMBITIOUS, I'd open my own nude modeling agency.
Exercise 2
Listen to the audio again. Edward thinks Bill Tanner has three distinct qualities, and notes them down.

These qualities are , intelligence, and .

What are their adjective forms? Use the descriptions below to help you.
The first, intelligence → intelligent, has been done for you!

Bethany "The Brains" Brown understands things very quickly. She even knows how to program a DVD player.
Bethany is an intelligent person.
Bob "The Belief" Baker is very self-assured. Some people think he's arrogant, but they're just jealous.
Bob is a person.
Darren "The Drive" Davis has big plans for the future: he wants to be a millionaire by the time he is 30.
Darren is an person.
Listen to the audio again. Edward thinks Bill Tanner has three distinct qualities, and notes them down.

These qualities are [not done] confidence 1, intelligence, and [not done] ambition 2.

What are their adjective forms? Use the descriptions below to help you.
The first, intelligence → intelligent, has been done for you!

Bethany "The Brains" Brown understands things very quickly. She even knows how to program a DVD player.
Bethany is an intelligent person.
Bob "The Belief" Baker is very self-assured. Some people think he's arrogant, but they're just jealous.
Bob is a [not done] confident 3 person.
Darren "The Drive" Davis has big plans for the future: he wants to be a millionaire by the time he is 30.
Darren is an [not done] ambitious 4 person.
1 confidence: CONFIDENCE is self-belief. Example: Philip Cheeter will talk to anyone - he is full of CONFIDENCE. If I had more CONFIDENCE, I would be a belly dancer.
2 ambition: AMBITION is the desire to succeed. Example: Without AMBITION, Philip Cheeter would not have become Head of Sales. If I had more AMBITION, I would open my own belly dancing club.
3 confident: If you are self-assured, you are CONFIDENT. Example: Philip Cheeter is a CONFIDENT speaker. If I were more CONFIDENT, I'd do nude modeling.
4 ambitious: If you are AMBITIOUS, you want to achieve things. Example: Philip Cheeter is very AMBITIOUS - he openly admits that he wants Bruno's job as CEO. If I were more AMBITIOUS, I'd open my own nude modeling agency.

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