Definitions for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious

Princeton's WordNet(4.70 / 20 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ambitious(adj)

   having a strong desire for success or achievement

2. ambitious, challenging(adj)

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. 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.]

3. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ambitious' in Adjectives Frequency: #748

How to pronounce ambitious?

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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 ambitious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ambitious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ambitious in a Sentence

1. 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.

2. Tina Calder:

   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.

3. Steven Murphy:

   We have now successfully concluded an ambitious three year plan and the company is in the strongest leadership position in its history.

4. Wang Jiali:

   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.

5. Jomo Sundaram:

   I don't think it's all that ambitious to eliminate hunger.

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