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1. (adj.) ambitious
having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, etc.:
an ambitious student.
2. ambitious
showing or caused by ambition; requiring exceptional effort, ability, etc.:
an ambitious program for fighting crime.
3. ambitious
strongly desirous; eager:
ambitious of love.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ambitious
having a strong desire for success or achievement
2. (adj) ambitious, challenging
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
"ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
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1. (adjective) ambitious
having a strong desire to achieve
an ambitious young dancer
2. ambitious
requiring a lot of skill and effort
an ambitious plan
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ambitious
possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction
2. (adj) ambitious
strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something
3. (adj) ambitious
springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style
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Sense: the desire eventually to become or do something special
His ambition is to be Prime Minister.; He is very ambitious; That plan is too ambitious.
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 Afrikaans: ambisieus |
 Arabic: طَموح |
 Bulgarian: амбициозен |
 Brazilian: ambicioso |
 Czech: ambiciózní; náročný |
 German: ehrgeizig |
 Danish: ambitiøs |
 Greek: φιλόδοξος |
 Spanish: ambicioso |
 Estonian: auahne |
 Farsi: بلندپرواز؛ مستلزم کوشش و |
 Finnish: kunnianhimoinen |
 French: ambitieux |
 Hebrew: שְׁאַפתָנִי |
 Hindi: महत्वाकांक्षी |
 Croatian: ambiciozan |
 Hungarian: ambiciózus, nagyra törő |
 Indonesian: ambisius |
 Icelandic: metnaðargjarn |
 Italian: ambizioso |
 Japanese: 野心的な |
 Korean: 야심적인 |
 Lithuanian: siekiantis/trokštantis ga |
 Latvian: godkārīgs |
 Malay: tinggi |
 Dutch: ambitieus |
 Norwegian: ærgjerrig, ambisiøs, krev |
 Polish: ambitny |
 Persian: بلندپرواز؛ مستلزم کوشش و |
 Pashto: لوړ پرواز، ډیر کوښښ او هل |
 Portuguese: ambicioso |
 Romanian: ambiţios |
 Russian: амбициозный |
 Slovak: ctižiadostivý; náročný |
 Slovenian: ambiciozen |
 Serbian: ambiciozan |
 Swedish: ärelysten, ambitiös |
 Thai: ทะเยอทะยาน |
 Turkish: hevesli, hırslı, ihtirasl |
 Taiwanese: 有雄心的 |
 Ukrainian: честолюбний |
 Urdu: اولولعزم |
 Vietnamese: tham vọng |
 Chinese: 有雄心的 |
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