[
  {
    "word": "ambition",
    "phonetic": "/\u00e6m\u02c8b\u026a.\u0283\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u00e6m\u02c8b\u026a.\u0283\u0259n/",
        "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. \u2014 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"
    ]
  }
]