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ambitious

[am-bish-uhs]

adjective

  1. having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc..

    The school is known for its ambitious students.

    Antonyms: ,
  2. showing or caused by ambition or an earnest desire for achievement or distinction.

    This season saw an ambitious attempt to break the record for number of wins in a single season.

  3. strongly desirous; eager.

    It is common for children to be ambitious of love and approval.

  4. requiring exceptional effort, ability, etc..

    The candidate is proposing an ambitious program for eliminating all slums.



ambitious

/ 泾ˈ²úɪʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. having a strong desire for success or achievement; wanting power, money, etc

  2. necessitating extraordinary effort or ability

    an ambitious project

  3. (often foll by of) having a great desire (for something or to do something)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • ambitiously adverb
  • ambitiousness noun
  • nonambitious adjective
  • nonambitiously adverb
  • nonambitiousness noun
  • overambitious adjective
  • overambitiously adverb
  • overambitiousness noun
  • unambitious adjective
  • unambitiously adverb
  • unambitiousness noun
  • ²¹³¾Ëˆ²ú¾±³Ù¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â adverb
  • ²¹³¾Ëˆ²ú¾±³Ù¾±´Ç³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ambitious1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin ²¹³¾²ú¾±³Ù¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ, equivalent to ²¹³¾²ú¾±³Ù¾±(Å) ambition + -Ųõ³Ü²õ -ous
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Synonym Study

Ambitious, aspiring, enterprising describe a person who wishes to rise above their present position or condition. The ambitious person wishes to attain worldly success, and puts forth effort toward this end: ambitious for social position. The enterprising person, interested especially in wealth, is characterized by energy and daring in undertaking projects. The aspiring person wishes to rise (mentally or spiritually) to a higher level or plane, or to attain some end above ordinary expectations.
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It’s the largest, richest and most ambitious global club tournament.

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It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year.

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Business groups are largely supportive of these ambitious plans and the chancellor will hope it persuades firms to spend some of their own money to boost business investment, which has been chronically low.

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Her friend Victoria Critchley paid tribute to her earlier this year saying Ms Eftimova was "ambitious, bright and cherished, whose vibrant personality, energy and aura touched and uplifted all around her".

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But he is also ambitious to perform well in golf's most challenging arena.

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