ultimate ambition

collocation in English

meaningsofultimateandambition

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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ambition
noun
uk
/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/us
/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/
a strong wish to ...
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(Definition ofultimateandambitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They will be penalised because they will have to take out a four-year loan in order to achieve theultimateambitionof entering primary education.
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Theultimateambitionhere is to elevate the differences to the point where they can be decided objectively and accepted by both sides, and it is agreed.
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If it encouraged participants to hold out for the option that may be theirultimateambitionrather than what is acceptable and possible today, it would be detrimental.
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His favorite kitchen implement is a whisk and hisultimateambitionis to provide a good quality of life for his family.
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Hisultimateambitionis to dominate the world.
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Hisultimateambitionis to open his own country restaurant that serves good food at a good price.
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Her favorite kitchen implement is a hand blender and herultimateambitionis to run her own restaurant abroad.
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Hisultimateambitionis to be a chef in a respected restaurant.
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He is utterly obsessed with beauty and grace, hisultimateambitionbeing to create a beautiful and elegant world by destroying the cold and ugly world which exists today.
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That will get the best educationists wanting to serve in this position, however much higher their ultimate ambitions may be.
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