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Is ambition a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ambition is a Scrabble US word. The word ambition is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is ambition a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ambition is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

AMBITION,

6-letter words (6 found)

BIOTIN,BONITA,INTIMA,INTOMB,MANITO,OBTAIN,

5-letter words (20 found)

AMBIT,AMINO,AMNIO,ANIMI,BATON,BINIT,BIONT,BIOTA,IAMBI,IMINO,MANTO,MATIN,NIMBI,OBIIT,TAMIN,TIBIA,TIMBO,TIMON,TOMAN,TOMIA,

4-letter words (45 found)

AMBO,AMIN,ANTI,ATOM,BAIT,BANI,BANT,BIMA,BINT,BITO,BOAT,BOMA,BONA,BOTA,IAMB,INIA,INTI,INTO,IOTA,MAIN,MANI,MANO,MINA,MINI,MINO,MINT,MOAI,MOAN,MOAT,MOIT,MONA,MOTI,NAOI,NIMB,NOMA,NOTA,OBIA,OBIT,OINT,OMIT,TABI,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TOMB,

3-letter words (50 found)

ABO,AIM,AIN,AIT,AMI,ANI,ANT,BAM,BAN,BAO,BAT,BIN,BIO,BIT,BOA,BOI,BON,BOT,ION,ITA,MAN,MAT,MIB,MNA,MOA,MOB,MOI,MON,MOT,NAB,NAM,NAT,NIB,NIM,NIT,NOB,NOM,NOT,OAT,OBA,OBI,OMA,TAB,TAI,TAM,TAN,TAO,TIN,TOM,TON,

2-letter words (23 found)

AB,AI,AM,AN,AT,BA,BI,BO,IN,IO,IT,MA,MI,MO,NA,NO,OB,OI,OM,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 145 words from ambition according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ambition

ambition

Etymology

From Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“I go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/

Noun

ambition (countable and uncountable, plural ambitions)

  1. (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  2. (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
  3. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
  4. (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
  5. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ambience
  • ambient
  • ambit
  • ambitious
  • ambitionist

Translations

Verb

ambition (third-person singular simple present ambitions, present participle ambitioning, simple past and past participle ambitioned)

  1. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Further reading

  • “ambition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “ambition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

ambition c

  1. ambition

Declension

Related terms

  • ambitiøs

Further reading

  • “ambition” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “ambition” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Finnish

Noun

ambition

  1. genitive singular of ambitio

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

ambition f (plural ambitions)

  1. ambition (feeling)

Derived terms

  • ambitionner

Related terms

  • ambitieux

Further reading

  • “ambition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

ambition c

  1. ambition

Declension

Related terms

  • ambitiös

References

  • ambition in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ambition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ambition in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org