ambition

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/æmˈbɪ.ʃən/ English

Definitions

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.“My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.”
An object of an ardent desire.“My ambition is to own a helicopter.”
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.“Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull.”