What does ambitious mean?
Definitions for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word ambitious.
Princeton's WordNet
ambitious(adj)
having a strong desire for success or achievement
ambitious, challenging(adj)
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
"ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
Wiktionary
ambitious(Adjective)
Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
Etymology: From ambitious, from *, from ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.
ambitious(Adjective)
Strongly desirousfollowed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Etymology: From ambitious, from *, from ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.
ambitious(Adjective)
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
an ambitious style
Etymology: From ambitious, from *, from ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux.
Webster Dictionary
Ambitious(adj)
possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction
Etymology: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.]
Ambitious(adj)
strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something
Etymology: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.]
Ambitious(adj)
springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style
Etymology: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.]
Editors Contribution
ambitious
An innate human quality of being motivated to achieve and succeed with a team.
All our family are ambitious, each with a different ambitions and motivated to success.
Submitted by MaryC on December 11, 2015
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ambitious' in Adjectives Frequency: #748
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ambitious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ambitious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of ambitious in a Sentence
Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly:
The company had continuous change of its board and its strategy and its policy. They limited their ambitious program, it's not the project we were expecting.
I met Lyra many years ago as a young, determined and ambitious budding reporter, her tenacity, determination, ambition and empathy made her an amazing young reporter and investigative writer... For years she tirelessly pursued the truth.
We have now successfully concluded an ambitious three year plan and the company is in the strongest leadership position in its history.
I try to be a little more ambitious by writing about something that's current, maybe in the back of people's minds or at the tip of their tongues, i've always been throwing curve balls. People kind of it just go along with my stuff, like there's Wang Leehom doing something out of the box again.
I don't think it's all that ambitious to eliminate hunger.
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- жадуващ, честолюбив, претенциозен, амбициозенBulgarian
- ambiciósCatalan, Valencian
- ctižádostivýCzech
- ambitiøsDanish
- ambitioniert, ehrgeizig, aufstrebendGerman
- φιλόδοξοςGreek
- ambiciaEsperanto
- ambiciosoSpanish
- بلند پروازانهPersian
- näyttävä, kunnianhimoinen, innokasFinnish
- ambitieuxFrench
- dian-thograch, gionachScottish Gaelic
- ambiciosoGalician
- ambiziosoItalian
- שאפתניHebrew
- 野心的Japanese
- ambitiosusLatin
- ambitiéis, éiergäizegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ambizzjużMaltese
- eerzuchtig, ambitieusDutch
- ambisiøsNorwegian
- ambitnyPolish
- ambiciosoPortuguese
- амбициозный, честолюбивый, претенциозный, жаждущий, показнойRussian
- ambiciozan, častohlepanSerbo-Croatian
- högtflygande, ambitiösSwedish
- амбіційнийUkrainian
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