ambition
B1UK /æmˈbɪʃn/US /æmˈbɪʃn/
Meaning
noun
something that you want to do or achieve very much
“She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition.”
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“the uh China's Ambitions in space um and”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself and what those closest to me expected of me.”
📺 J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement SpeechLearn this word in the video →
“you do I know you will be ambitious you wouldn't be here today if you aren't match that ambition with humility a humility of purpose that doesn't mean being tamer being smaller”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
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