ambitions

noun

plural of ambition
as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish his ambition is to study international business, then get a job overseas

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Recent Examples of ambitions The company was founded in 2014 with high ambitions and the backing of a Chinese billionaire. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Once upon a time, Herzog was the crazy visionary, determined at all costs to realize his aesthetic ambitions to feel more, to see deeper, to explore the madness of the world, a bit of a holy fool himself. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 That was before Shohei Ohtani’s two-way ambitions were thwarted, the lineup turned frigid and the legitimacy of Mark Walter’s entire business empire came into question. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Buoyed by its early success backing Elon Musk’s xAI ahead of its merger with SpaceX and initial public offering, the VC fund’s ambitions have expanded significantly. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Dan emerges as Primetime’s unlikely heart, bewildered by the dark world he’s wandered into and left to negotiate his ambitions with the high stakes of the job. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 Riders from different teams—direct competitors with different sponsors, leaders, and ambitions—form a dense, fast-moving pack. — Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2026 India’s economic ambitions, military planning, and technological aspirations all, to some degree, now revolve around the United States. — C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 Reddy plans to enroll in University of Georgia this fall on a pre-med track with ambitions to pursue a career in obstetrics and gynecology, according to local station WALB-TV. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambitions
  1. goals
  2. plans
  3. purposes
  4. aims
  5. objectives
  6. intentions
  7. ideas
  8. dreams
Noun
  • Boise’s City Council on Tuesday denied an appeal from the Cathedral of the Rockies seeking to pave a parking area adjacent to its North End church, dealing a blow to an application that pit arguments of religious freedom against municipal goals.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026
  • One of the goals behind the Lele pop-up for Uditi, who grew up in Caserta, outside of Naples, was to highlight the cuisine of his native Campania.
    — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of goals
Noun
  • Once the moon enters Gemini, conversations will pick up speed as plans become more flexible.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That includes its previous plans to commit more than $10 billion to autonomous vehicles in the coming years.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of plans
Noun
  • By the end of Saturday night, the sanctuary had served two purposes at once.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The other scan—the spatial scan—employs a less powerful instrument called an Xgrid Portalcam, and serves several different purposes.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of purposes
Noun
  • Another official argument is that terrorism generally involves political or ideological aims, while cartels primarily are motivated by profit.
    — María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As wartime demand grows, private companies often feel compelled to take part in military ventures or dual-use projects that serve military aims.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of aims
Noun
  • Their messages suggested coordination rather than isolated attempts to complete individual objectives.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This might be Anaheim’s last, best chance at satisfying those objectives.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of objectives
Noun
  • The leader of the United Kingdom’s Green Party has announced his intentions to run for the seat in Parliament vacated by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There were good intentions behind the concept, but a chunk of viewers left the program — and have not come back.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentions
Noun
  • The new experiment tested those competing ideas by deliberately weakening the electron interactions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • If Hilton defies the odds this November, his ideas are all but certain to get a frosty reception in what’s likely to be a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • McGehean says this emphasis on working well together is the only way to achieve dreams.
    — Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreams

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“Ambitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambitions. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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