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Definitions for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious
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Princeton's WordNet
ambitiousadjective
having a strong desire for success or achievement
ambitious, challengingadjective
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
"ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
Wiktionary
ambitiousadjective
Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
ambitiousadjective
Strongly desirousfollowed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
ambitiousadjective
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ambitiousadjective
Etymology: ambitiosus, Lat.
The neighb’ring monarchs, by thy beauty led,
Contend in crouds, ambitious of thy bed:
The world is at thy choice, except but one,
Except but him thou canst not choose alone. John Dryden, Fables.You have been pleased not to suffer an old man to go discontented out of the world, for want of that protection, of which he had been so long ambitious. Dryden.
Trojan, a prince ambitious of glory, descended to the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates, and went upon the ocean, where, seeing a vessel trading to the Indies, he had thoughts of outdoing Alexander. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
I have seen
Th’ ambitious ocean swell, and rage, and foam,
To be exalted with the threatening clouds. William Shakespeare, J. Cæs.
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ambitious
Ambitious refers to having or showing a strong desire and determination to achieve success, accomplish goals, or attain something of value. It often involves setting high standards or aiming for excellence. It can also mean having a desire for personal advancement or seeking power.
Webster Dictionary
Ambitiousadjective
possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction
Ambitiousadjective
strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something
Ambitiousadjective
springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style
Etymology: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.]
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ambitious' in Adjectives Frequency: #748
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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
I first approached Jost last summer, he is an extremely impressive, competitive and ambitious individual, who comes to us with a very wide range of automotive and motorsport experience.
We are now talking about a selective process of emigration, with the so-called top performers leaving, young women on average are better educated than their male peers and more ambitious to seek their luck elsewhere.
It is amazing to see SuperCam working so well on Mars, when The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing first dreamed up this instrument eight years ago, The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing worried that The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing were being way too ambitious. Now it is up there working like a charm.
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.
God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.
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- жадуващ, претенциозен, честолюбив, амбициозенBulgarian
- ambiciósCatalan, Valencian
- ctižádostivýCzech
- ambitiøsDanish
- ambitioniert, aufstrebend, ehrgeizigGerman
- φιλόδοξοςGreek
- ambiciaEsperanto
- ambiciosoSpanish
- بلند پروازانهPersian
- näyttävä, innokas, kunnianhimoinenFinnish
- ambitieuxFrench
- dian-thograch, gionachScottish Gaelic
- ambiciosoGalician
- ambiziosoItalian
- שאפתניHebrew
- 野心的Japanese
- 거창한Korean
- ambitiosusLatin
- ambitiéis, éiergäizegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ambizzjużMaltese
- ambitieus, eerzuchtigDutch
- ambisiøsNorwegian
- ambitnyPolish
- ambiciosoPortuguese
- жаждущий, претенциозный, показной, честолюбивый, амбициозныйRussian
- častohlepan, ambiciozanSerbo-Croatian
- ambitiös, högtflygandeSwedish
- амбіційнийUkrainian
- 雄心勃勃Chinese
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