Collocations for ambition - noun
1. strong desire to be successful
ADJECTIVE
driving (esp. BrE),
great,
naked
She's a woman of driving ambition.
She's a woman of driving ambition.
personal
2. sth you very much want to have/do
ADJECTIVE
big,
burning,
driving (esp. BrE),
great,
high,
main (esp. BrE),
ultimate
(esp. BrE)
Her biggest ambition was to climb Everest.
Her biggest ambition was to climb Everest.
lifelong,
life's
At last he had realized his life's ambition.
At last he had realized his life's ambition.
long-held,
long-standing
(both esp. BrE)
grandiose, lofty
modest (esp. BrE)
personal
secret
youthful
frustrated, thwarted, unfulfilled
This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ambitions.
grandiose, lofty
modest (esp. BrE)
personal
secret
youthful
frustrated, thwarted, unfulfilled
This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ambitions.
artistic,
career,
literary,
political,
presidential,
social,
sporting
(BrE)
global, imperial, imperialist, nuclear, territorial
the company's global ambitions
global, imperial, imperialist, nuclear, territorial
the company's global ambitions
VERB + ambition
cherish,
harbour/harbor,
have,
nurture
(esp. BrE)
He had only one ambition in life.
He had only one ambition in life.
abandon,
give up
achieve, fulfil/fulfill, realize
limit
frustrate, thwart
He felt great resentment at having his ambition frustrated.
achieve, fulfil/fulfill, realize
limit
frustrate, thwart
He felt great resentment at having his ambition frustrated.