Definitions for aggressive
əˈgrɛs ɪvag·gres·sive

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. aggressive(adj)

   having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

   "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

2. aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing(adj)

   tending to spread quickly

   "an aggressive tumor"

3. aggressive, belligerent(adj)

   characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

   "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. aggressive(Adjective)

   Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.

   an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

   Etymology: From . Compare with French agressif.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Aggressive(adj)

   tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aggressive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4757

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aggressive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3732

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aggressive' in Adjectives Frequency: #621

How to pronounce aggressive?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aggressive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aggressive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of aggressive in a Sentence

1. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   This is a very dangerous part of the cycle, we're 10 years into an expansion and it seems clear that the Fed has overtightened. Unemployment is a lagging indicator. And negative interest rates can be found in many places. If the(Fed's) goal is to keep the expansion going, they need to be more aggressive. You have to think bigger than a so-called (and mislabeled) insurance rate cut.

2. Jeffrey Tambor:

   Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life, what has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago. I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue.

3. Kathy Lien:

   When a currency...squeezes higher quickly, causing investors to panic and abandon their positions, the rally could be sharp and aggressive particularly when positions are skewed so heavily in the opposite direction.

4. Gernot Rohr:

   We were trying out different formations but we are going to switch back to the way we played over the last year coming to this World Cup. If we do exactly what we know we can do, to control the game and be aggressive, we can do well, our players have a lot to prove and this is a very good stage for them but it's also important to keep their emotions in check.

5. Lieutenant Brandon Jones:

   The inmate was not being aggressive at all, he was almost in a retreat mode.

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