[{"word":"ambition","phonetic":"/æmˈbɪ.ʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/æmˈbɪ.ʃən/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/ambition-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1749702","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition."},{"definition":"An object of an ardent desire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My ambition is to own a helicopter."},{"definition":"A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambition"]}]